English

Noun

Shrewsbury cake ‎(plural Shrewsbury cakes)

1. A type of flat, crisp cake traditionally made in Shrewsbury.
   • 1700, William Congreve, The Way of the World:

     Why, Brother Wilfull of Salop, you may be as short as a Shrewsbury Cake, if you please.

   • 1832, Queen Victoria, journal, 2 Aug 1832:

     I received from the mayor an oaken box with a silver top and filled with the famous Shrewsbury cakes.