Definition of "pastry-cook" []

• One whose occupation is the making of pastry. (noun)
• In England, one who keeps a restaurant. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Socrates then constructs an analogy: a doctor brought to trial against a pastry-cook, before a jury of children."
• "A young pastry-cook who had been to college, and who had mustered some phrases from Cicero, gave himself airs one day about loving his country."
• "The young pastry-cook knew not how to reply; and a person of reflection, who overheard the conversation, was led to infer that a country of moderate extent may contain many millions of men who have no country at all."