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pat·ty-cake | \ ˈpa-tē-ˌkāk 
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or pat-a-cake \ ˈpa-də-ˌkāk , ˈpat-ə- \
, ˈpat-ə- \Definition of patty-cake
: a game in which two participants (such as mother and child) clap their hands together to the rhythm of an accompanying nursery rhyme
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patty-cake
nounEnglish Language Learners Definition of patty-cake
: a children's game in which two people lightly hit their hands together while singing a short poem (called a nursery rhyme)
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The first known use of patty-cake was in 1889
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