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Pontefract cake
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English
Etymology
From the Yorkshire town of the same name, Pontefract, where production of the sweets can be traced back to the 1500s.
Noun
A small, disc-shaped sweet with an impressed castle, made from locally grown liquorice.
Further reading
en Sweets
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