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cakewalk(dictionary)

Allentown (sh) and cakewalk (iou)


Allentown (sh)




City (pop., 2000: 106,632), eastern Pennsylvania, U.S. It was laid out along the Lehigh River in 1762 and named Northampton by William Allen, later the state's chief justice; its name was changed in 1838 to honour Allen.

During the American Revolution, the Liberty Bell was moved there for safekeeping. It is a major iron and mining centre.


cakewalk (iou)



cakewalk noun & verb. Orig. US. M19.
[from CAKE noun + WALK noun.]
A. noun.
(A Dance developed from) a black Americans' contest in graceful walking with a cake as the prize. M19.
A moving platform on which people walk, as a fairground Entertainment. E20.
An easy task. E20.
b. verb intrans. Walk as in a cakewalk; Dance the cakewalk. L19.