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by Running, Fall Up on December 17th, 2005

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How did "a piece of cake" come to mean a very easy task?

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  • by ggonnigan on December 21st, 2005

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    This phrase originates from the tradition of giving cakes as prizes in rural competitions in USA slavery states when slaves or free descendents would walk in a procession in pairs around a cake at a social gathering or party, the most graceful pair being awarded the cake as a prize. This gave us the expressions 'cake walk' and 'a piece of cake’ both meaning a job or contest that's very easy to achieve or win.

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