Meat cake

n.

Heard in Cork

A burger served without a bun from a chip shop.

Two meat cakes please, Frances.

Posh English

Two hamburger patties without the buns please, Frances.

Related terms

• Meat pattieA savoury potato pie containing minced meat, traditionally sold in chip shops around Cork.
• Chip buttyBun burger filled with chips, tomato ketchup and mayonnaise.
• Batter burgerA deep-fried battered sausage served in a bun, a staple of the people of Arklow.
• Meat wagonAn armoured police vehicle.
• More meat on a butcher's pencilDescription of a very thin person. Also: Description of someone very skinny.
• More meat on an x-rayA description of an extremely thin person.