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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: cakewalk 'walking competition with a cake as first prize' (19-20 centuries)

cakewalk

 noun
     
cake‧walk [singular]
American English informal a very easy thing to do, or a very easy victory [= piece of cake]:
The game was a cakewalk.
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