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In with the loaves and out with the fairy cakes

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 jonny taylor 30 May 2021

The only occurrence on the internet of the expression "in with the loaves and out with the fairy cakes" is this article and others about the same event:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/may/29/cornwall-officials-urge-tou...

Is this an obscure baker's Cornish expression? Has somebody mis-heard the real expression? Or is David Bliss the winner of the local sweepstake for who can get the strangest quote in a national newspaper? I've got to know...

Post edited at 09:10
 PM 30 May 2021
In reply to jonny taylor:

Great phrase!

More discussion, and a plausible explanation of its meaning/origin here: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/568095/what-does-the-expression...

In reply to jonny taylor:

The only time I've heard it is in this thread... What's the context...?

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 Luke90 31 May 2021
In reply to captain paranoia:

The context is in his link.

 broken spectre 31 May 2021
In reply to jonny taylor:

A brilliant expression and one I will use now in daily life when things get surreal.

 Timmd 31 May 2021
In reply to jonny taylor:

Sounds like the first step in a diet.

'Looks down at stomach'

Quite apt for summer, actually.

Post edited at 16:19
In reply to Luke90:

Ah. I dont think there was a link when I first saw the post...

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