When does the origin of the phrase “Have one’s cake and eat it too” date back to?
- 1500’s
- 1700’s
- 1800’s
- 1900’s
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Answer: 1
The phrase’s earliest recording is from John Heywood’s writing from the mid 1500’s as “wolde you bothe eate your cake, and have your cake?”
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