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   What does Cakewalk mean?

   • In Paris the cakewalk is a thing of misunderstood, misapplied accents. He tipped his derby one-sided and started off on a cakewalk. Cakewalk definition: (formerly) a promenade or march, of Black American origin, in which the couples with the most intricate or eccentric steps received cakes as prizes.. See examples of CAKEWALK used in a sentence.

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   Where did the word Cakewalk come from?

   • Vocabulary.com suggests that the origin of "cakewalk" is much older and includes the following definition The Americanism cakewalk, used to mean "something easy," came first, in the 1860's — piece of cake wasn't used until around 1936. Both cake and pie have a long history in the United States as metaphors for things that come easily.

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   What is a cakewalk dance?

   • The cakewalk portion of the dance was typically performed by men in drag. In later years, the cakewalk became integrated into the walkaround, and over time the two terms became interchangeable. The war on terror would become a cakewalk. Cakewalk music incorporated polyrhythm, syncopation, and the habanera rhythm into the regular march rhythm.

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   What does it's no cakewalk mean?

   • 'It's no cakewalk” means it is not an easy task as does the opposite, “it's a cakewalk” which means it is as easy as saying 'Ramu'. However, this phrase has a very interesting origin. The cakewalk was originally a 19th-century dance, invented by African-Americans in the antebellum South.

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   The meaning of CAKEWALK is a one-sided contest : an easy victory. How to use cakewalk in a sentence.

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   Cakewalk definition: (formerly) a promenade or march, of Black American origin, in which the couples with the most intricate or eccentric steps received cakes as prizes.. See examples of CAKEWALK used in a sentence.

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   (Definition of cakewalk from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of cakewalk. cakewalk. A war might be launched without legitimacy, but its human and financial costs will be much more readily questioned, particularly if the war turns out not to be a cakewalk.

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   (Definition of cakewalk from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of cakewalk. cakewalk. It's no cakewalk recruiting leaders for your startup, especially when its needs keep changing. From Fast Company. Especially when jobs and homes are being lost, that seems like a cakewalk.

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   1. (Dancing) a dance based on a march with intricate steps, originally performed by African-Americans with the prize of a cake for the best performers. 2. (Music, other) a piece of music composed for this dance. 3. informal an easily accomplished task. vb. (Dancing) ( intr) to perform the cakewalk. ˈcakeˌwalker n.

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   noun. 1. (formerly) a promenade or march, of African American origin, in which the couples with the most intricate or eccentric steps received cakes as prizes. 2. a dance with a strutting step based on this promenade. 3. music for this dance. 4. informal.

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   Originally a form of dance that white masters had their slaves perform for them and their audiences as entertainment. The slaveowners considered the spectacle extremely amusing since the dances derived from sophisticated white European aristocracy. As such, slaveowners dressed the slaves in costumes of exaggerated finery, like ridiculously tall ...