thar-cakes | A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

Thar
(·vimp, ·pres.) It needs; need. II. Thar ·noun A goatlike animal (Capra Jemlaica) native of the Him...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
riddle-cakes
thick sour oaten cakes, which differ little from that which is called hand-hoven* bread, having but ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
hurry up the cakes
i.e. Be quick; look alive. This phrase, which has lately got into vogue, originated in the common Ne...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.