literally, a child
game of clapping hands and putting palms together. Used figuratively in this
issue.
a
term used since 1950 which means not
handling cases. From a
children's
game played by a child clapping hands alone and with another child while chanting a
nursery rhyme which has the
following beginning words "
Pat-a-
cake,
pat-a-
cake, baker's
man! / Bake me a
cake as
fast as you can, / Shape it and prick it, and
mark it with B, / And put it in the oven for
Baby and me!" / Used figuratively to mean "dally or putter" in this lecture.
a
term used since 1950 which means not
handling cases. From a
children's
game played by a child clapping hands alone and with another child while chanting a
nursery rhyme which has the
following beginning words / "
Pat-a-
cake,
pat-a-
cake, baker's
man! / Bake me a
cake as
fast as you can, / Shape it and prick it, and
mark it with B, / And put it in the oven for
Baby and me!"
a
term used since 1950 which means not
handling cases. From a
children's
game played by a child clapping hands alone and with another child while chanting a
nursery rhyme which has the
following beginning words /"
Pat-a-
cake,
pat-a-
cake, baker's
man!/Bake me a
cake as
fast as you can,/Shape it and prick it, and
mark it with B,/And put it in the oven for
Baby and me!"
a
term used since 1950 which means the
action of not
handling cases. From a
children's
game played by a child clapping hands alone and with another child while chanting a
nursery rhyme which has the
following beginning words /"
Pat-a-
cake,
pat-a-
cake, baker's
man!/Bake me a
cake as
fast as you can,/Shape it and prick it, and
mark it with B,/And put it in the oven for
Baby and me!"
a variation of
pat-a-
cake, a
children's
game played by a child clapping hands alone and with another child while chanting a
nursery rhyme which has the
following beginning words / "
Pat-a-
cake,
pat-a-
cake, baker's
man! / Bake me a
cake as
fast as you can, / Shape it and prick it, and
mark it with B, / And put it in the oven for
Baby and me!" / Used figuratively to mean "childish
clarity or simplicity" in this lecture.
a variation of
pat-a-
cake, a
children's
game played by a child clapping hands alone and with another child while chanting a
nursery rhyme which has the
following beginning words / "
Pat-a-
cake,
pat-a-
cake, baker's
man! / Bake me a
cake as
fast as you can, / Shape it and prick it, and
mark it with B, / And put it in the oven for
Baby and me!" / Used figuratively in this lecture.
a
term used since 1950 which means the
action of not
handling cases. From a
children's
game played by a child clapping hands alone and with another child while chanting a
nursery rhyme which has the
following beginning words "
Pat-a-
cake,
pat-a-
cake, baker's
man! Bake me a
cake as
fast as you can, Shape it and prick it, and
mark it with B, And put it in the oven for
Baby and me!" The
dickens with this patty-
cake with his
withholds! iYour
Case (3
Jan. 60)
a
term used since 1950 which means the
action of not
handling cases. From a
children's
game played by a child clapping hands alone and with another child while chanting a
nursery rhyme which has the
following beginning words "
Pat-a-
cake,
pat-a-
cake, baker's
man! Bake me a
cake as
fast as you can, Shape it and prick it, and
mark it with B, And put it in the oven for
Baby and me!" The
dickens with this patty-
cake with his
withholds! ?Your
Case (3
Jan. 60)