cake-eater

cake-eater

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Noun

cake-eater (plural cake-eaters)

1. (US slang) A well-off person who indulges himself or herself; a playboy.
   • 1934, James T. Farrell, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, Ch. 21:

     And you fellows, if you find some cake-eaters trying to take advantage of your sister, what are you going to do?

   • 1956, Joseph Caruso, The Priest, →ISBN, page 158:

     "Nowadays, these cake-eaters all died young. They had no teeth. They all went to doctors who fixed teeth. But still they died young and without their teeth."

   • 2004, Zac Unger, Working Fire: The Making of an Accidental Fireman, page 8:

     "'... We got us a cake eater, right here at the sink!' He turned to me. 'Have you ever had your hands dirty, new kid?'"