...and the Giants, who looked like they had a cakewalk, not so much anymore...
we all know what a cakewalk is, but what's the etymology?
CAKEWALK
1863, Amer.Eng., from Cake (n.) + Walk,
probably in ref. to the cake given as a prize for the fanciest steps in
a procession in a Southern black custom (explained by Richard H.
Thornton, 1912, as, "A walking competition among negroes," in which the
prize cake goes to "the couple who put on most style"). Its figurative
meaning of "something easy" (1863) is recorded before the literal one
(1879). This may also be the source of the phrase to take the cake (1847). Piece of cake "something easy" is from 1936.
-Online Etymology Dictionary
hmm. that is not what I was expecting to find.
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