Fruitcake Meaning in English
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التعريف
A dense, rich cake containing dried or candied fruits, nuts, and spices, often soaked in alcohol. Informally, it also means a crazy or eccentric person.
الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة
The informal meaning ('He's a total fruitcake') is common in casual speech. Fruitcake is culturally associated with Christmas and is famously joked about for being regifted because many people find it too dense or dry.
جمل نموذجية
My aunt bakes a fruitcake every Christmas.
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This fruitcake is full of raisins and nuts.
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He's a bit of a fruitcake, but everyone loves him.
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Nobody actually eats the fruitcake — it just gets passed around from house to house every year.
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You'd have to be a complete fruitcake to go skydiving in this weather.
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I soaked the fruitcake in brandy for a month and it turned out incredible.
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