cup·cake

[kuhp-keyk]
noun
1.
a small cake, the size of an individual portion, baked in a cup-shaped mold.
2.
Older Slang.
a.
a sexually attractive young woman.
b.
a beloved girl or woman.

Origin:
1820–30, Americanism; cup + cake

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cupcake (ˈkʌpˌkeɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a small cake baked in a cup-shaped foil or paper case

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Word Origin & History

cupcake
1828, Amer.Eng., from cup + cake, probably from the cups they are baked in, but possibly from the small measures of ingredients used to make them. Meaning "attractive young woman" is recorded from 1930s, Amer.Eng.
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Slang Dictionary

cupcake definition


  1. n.
    an attractive woman. (Also a term of address.) : Who is that cupcake driving the beemer?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
We have also set up a new system for volunteers to sign up for cupcake
  donations or as party attendees.
The good old days of funding school trips with cupcake revenues have apparently
  come to an end.
Frozen yogurt shops are the partners in crime of cupcake shops.
It's why the cupcake shop gets a sudden rush of orders or the client of the
  celebrity stylist turns up two hours late.
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