gateau
(cooking, obsolete) A dish of minced meat made up like a pudding, and boiled in a shape or mould.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
(cooking, obsolete) A dish of minced meat made up like a pudding, and boiled in a shape or mould.
a gateau of veal
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“What's on after this? Elvis/In The Gateau? #DJAC”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK
(mostly, UK) A rich, usually iced, cake.
Determined on keeping up my strength for what the night might bring, I ate heartily—enjoying every morsel, especially of the two slices of gateau I didn’t feel it wrong to take as my share, since there was still one good-sized piece left…
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