[Ads-l] chess cake

[Joan Hall]

George Goebel has recently added a DARE entry for chess cake, with citations from the 18th century: https://dare.wisc.edu/words/quarterly-updates/quarterly-update-17/chess-cake/.

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Date:    Thu, 10 Oct 2019 09:10:56 +0000
From:    Stephen Goranson <goranson at DUKE.EDU<mailto:goranson at DUKE.EDU>>
Subject: chess cake 1856

Here's a "chess cake" use earlier than OED's 1860, and not strengthening OED's note, "U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland)."
May 31, 1856, Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph, p. 3, col. 4 [Am. Historical Newsp.]:
"Call at 79 & 80, Front Street, If in want of Confectionary, Sweet-Meats, Cakes....&c
...Lady Fingers, Chess Cakes, Jumbles, Kisses, Maccaronies...."

SG

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