cakewalks in English
noun
1
an absurdly or surprisingly easy task.
winning the game won't be a cakewalk
2
a strutting dance popular at the end of the 19th century, developed from a black-American contest in graceful walking that had a cake as a prize.
I learned that the cakewalk , a highstepping dance, began on Southern plantations in the 1840s.
verb
1
achieve or win something easily.
he cakewalked to a 5-1 triumph
2
walk or dance in the manner of a cakewalk.
a troupe of clowns cakewalked by
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