Yorkshire dialect for what the rest of England calls a bread roll — a small, round, soft bap used for sandwiches and filling. The term is one of those beautifully stubborn regional words that Yorkshiremen and women defend with fierce local pride, and it remains in active everyday use across the county. Ask for a bread-cake in Leeds and everyone knows exactly what you mean; ask in London and you'll get a confused look. It's a mini identity badge baked into lunch.
She grabbed a bread-cake from the bakery on her way to work and stuffed it with last night's leftover roast beef.
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(Yorkshire) A bread roll.
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