fruitcake

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As a resident of Illinois, I am embarrased to admit that this fruitcake is the governor of the state I live in.

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  1. noun A heavy spiced cake containing nuts and candied or dried fruits.
  2. noun Slang A crazy or an eccentric person: "a fruitcake under the delusion that he was Saint Nicholas” (John Strahinich).

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  • Mrs Whitaker took her some homemade fruitcake, although she had left out the walnuts from the recipe, because Mrs Perkins's teeth weren't what they used to be. —  Smoke and Mirrors, by Neil Gaiman.
  • Now, if they could only solve the fruitcake issue ... —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • Telling Grandma her fruitcake is delectable may be complete hooey, but it's the right thing to do after she put her heart and soul into crafting the confection. —  Newsvine - Get Smarter Here
  • Humiliating this right wing fruitcake is a target rich environment as they like to say. to "truth" ... take a look at michelle obama and then you will see angry!! —  ModerateVoters.org
  • Family Matters marathons, my wife's morbidly morbid cousin (who I like to call "the Angel of Death"), fruitcake - but this year, something kept creeping up on me and no matter where I turned, I couldn't escape it. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
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