A cake made of treacle, flour, and grated ginger; also money. He has the gingerbread; he is rich.
·noun A kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger, and sometimes made in fanciful shapes. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
North out of Lamb Alley, Bishopsgate, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Elmes, 1831). Some ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Gilding and carving: these terms are particularly applied by seamen on board Newcastle colliers, to ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Luxurious quarters "Gingerbread-hatches on shore." ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Profusely carved decorations of a ship. ...
East out of Old Change, in Bread Street Ward, small and ordinary (Strype, ed. 1720-Boyle, 1799). Si...