"cake-basket" (1922) = limousine--et al.

[Sam Clements]

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Subject: "cake-basket" (1922) = limousine--et al.


.>     Why is a "cake-basket" a limousine?  Why does "to blouse" mean "to
go, leave"? And why is "barneymugging" love making?
> Gerald Cohen

A "cake eater" was a wealthy young man(among other things--see HDAS.

Thus, a "cake basket" would be a vehicle(limo) which carried around a "cake
eater."

Sam Clements