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n. - A rich currant cake or bun.

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Usage examples (4)
  • Nowadays, a barmbrack can be bought in the supermarket but doesn't usually contain all of the above-listed items -- many cakes only contain a ring.
  • Another food associated with this festival is fruitcake or bairin breac (barmbrack) which had items in it that were used for foretelling the future -- a pea (or rag)...
  • Maria superintended the distribution of the barmbrack and saw that every woman got her four slices.
  • Ancestral town of Moneygall, Co Offaly (pop: 298) has come up with a celebratory barmbrack
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