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Took The Cake

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99%3Exact Match!
noun

• goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment

98%3Exact Match!
adjective

• not subject to defeat

noun

• the basic unit of money in South Korea

• the basic unit of money in North Korea

27%4 Can be a sheet cake or a layer cake
noun

• a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)

• small flat mass of chopped or ground food

• baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat

verb

• form a coat over

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