tough-cake

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tough-cake - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tough-cake \Tough"-cake`\, n.
     See Tough-pitch
     (b) .
         [1913 Webster]

  Tough-pitch \Tough"-pitch`\, n. (Metal.)
     (a) The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of
         well reduced and refined copper.
     (b) Copper so reduced; -- called also tough-cake.
         [1913 Webster]