a
children's
game played by a child clapping hands alone and with another child while chanting a
nursery rhyme. From the beginning words of the
nursery rhyme: /
Pat a
cake,
pat a
cake, baker's
man! / Bake me a
cake as
fast as you can, / Shape it and prick it, and
mark it with B, / And put it in the oven for
Baby and me! / Used figuratively in this lecture.
—SHSBC Binder 16 Approved Glossary