Definition of "fruitcakes" [fruitcakes]

• Plural form of fruitcake. (noun)

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• "So, I wonder how the other fruit in fruitcakes is made."
• "The new cakes rested till the following Christmas, while the fruitcakes from the year before were served at my parents 'annual Christmas Eve party."
• "We had twelve large loaves of the best rye bread; a small tub of doughnuts; twelve coffee-cakes, more to be called fruitcakes, and also a quantity of little cakes with seeds, nuts, and fruit in them, -- so pretty to look at and so good to taste."