cake eater

American  

[keyk ee-ter] / ˈkeɪk ˌi tər /

Or cake-eater

noun

1. Slang. a rich person who is spoiled, self-indulgent, or greedy: Compassion won’t motivate the cake eaters in Congress, but money might.

   That cake eater will need to get his hands dirty if he wants to work here.

   Compassion won’t motivate the cake eaters in Congress, but money might.

2. Older Slang. a ladies' man.

3. Older Slang. an effeminate lover of ease and pleasure.

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Etymology

Origin of cake eater

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

It grimaces like Peer Gynt and winks like a lounge lizard, a cake eater.

From A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago by Hecht, Ben