Plumb Cakes!!

[misstia]

From the Washington, D.C. "Daily National Intelligencer" December, 1816...

Comments

[john-holton.livejournal.com]

Plumb is another word for lead, isn't it?

[luke-russell.livejournal.com]

Yup, Latin "plumbum". We get the word plumber from it. But a plumb is a weighted tool (made of lead) to get things perpendicular to a floor or surface.