Well attestedNamed through a historical place-name
pomfret cake
noun · first attested 18th century
Pomfret is the old English name for Pontefract; Shakespeare used it too.
A small round licorice sweet stamped with a castle, made in West Yorkshire.
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- Named through a historical place-name
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- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 18th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Pontefract
- In English
pomfret cake
Licorice was grown around Pontefract and pressed into stamped discs bearing the town's castle, sold as Pontefract or pomfret cakes. The older spelling records how the Norman name was actually pronounced in English, and it survives in Shakespeare's history plays.
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