coffee and cake
English
Etymology
From typically being the cheapest item in a café or diner.
Noun
coffee and cake (uncountable)
- (slang, sometimes attributive) A trivial amount of money; peanuts.
- 2017, Harvey Frommer, The Ultimate Yankee Book:
- Don't go help those people with their shows for coffee-and-cake money.
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See also
- coffeecake
- coffee-and (adjective)
Further reading
- Jonathon Green (2023), “coffee-and n.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
- Jonathon Green (2023), “coffee-and adj.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang