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形容詞

shortcakey (comparative more shortcakey, superlative most shortcakey)

1. Resembling or characteristic of shortcake.
   • 1899 August 30, “In Woman’s World”, in The Jersey City News, volume XI, number 3159, Jersey City, N.J., page [3], column 1:

     Simple though this method is there is no danger of losing fruit by using it, and the tasty mixture will be found ripe and ready for a midwinter shortcake, which will be, I am assured, as appetizing and as short-cakey as if made in leafy June.

   • 2010 January 15, Mick Vann, “Gourdough’s”, in The Austin Chronicle, volume 29, number 20, page 33, column 2:

     It is cakey or shortcakey, fried up with a nicely crispy exterior, and a moist, rich, buttery interior (very moist かつ rich if you select one of the options with a filling inside).

   • 2010 September 9, Craig LaBan, “GoodTaste”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, 181st year, number 101, page F5:

     Co-owned by Ed Strojan and his step-father, Gary Coleman, who also has the English Gardener gift shop across the street, virtually everything here is made with an eye to authenticity, from the shortcakey scones with imported clotted cream to pastry-wrapped banger sausages, sides of mushy peas, Madras curry sauce, and, especially, those fish and chips.

   • 2012, Margaret Morgan, “The Wedding Day”, in Mrs McKeiver’s Secrets, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leics: Matador, →ISBN, page 56:

     Anne Reeves had asked Nell to make some shortcakey iced biscuits.

   • 2013, Trisha Ashley, Wish Upon a Star, London: Avon, →ISBN, page 108:

     I emailed Jago when I got home and told him the verdict on the cakes: Eccles cake was definitely favourite, Chorley cake was all right, but Sad cake was a bit more shortcakey, so that fingers of it would go well for elevenses with a cup of coffee.

   • 2013 August 18, Zoe Williams, “The Olde Bell”, in Stella (The Sunday Telegraph), page 51:

     S also liked, to the point of insisting that I taste all the parts in various permutations, her coconut panna cotta with pineapple, cherry coulis and some shortcakey biscuits.

   • 2021, Anjali Joseph, Keeping in Touch, Melbourne, Vic.: Scribe Publications, published 2022, →ISBN:

     Ved became distracted by a shortcakey biscuit, and ate it.