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| Sep 27, 2022 at 12:57 | history | edited | Greybeard | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 26, 2022 at 22:00 | comment | added | Mitch | @Greybeard I think this is the center of the best answer, but quotes from a dictionary don't stand alone. Please give some commentary as to why you think this is the meaning of 'pat'. ('pat' is not the same as 'patty' so this necessarily needs explanation anyway). It would be nice to know if the word 'patty' is the source of "pat-a-" (probably), and if 'pat' has anything to do with 'pâté' (probably not, so confusing 'pat' and patty is a folk etymology directly in the poem). | |
| Sep 25, 2022 at 16:45 | comment | added | Greybeard | @HotLicks from the above - 2. U.S. = pat-a-cake n. Also figurative. Cf. earlier patty- cake v. pat-a = patty, | |
| Sep 24, 2022 at 21:51 | comment | added | Hot Licks | The question was about the meaning of "pat". | |
| Sep 24, 2022 at 20:04 | history | answered | Greybeard | CC BY-SA 4.0 |