manhole cover n.2
1. as food [joc. ‘resemblance’].
(a) bread pudding.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | DSUE (8th edn) 721: since ca. 1945. |
(b) (US short order) hot-cakes.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Ames (IA) Daily Trib. 11 Dec. 1/1: Or if you [...] tell the waitress your order, and she yells ‘Manhole covers,’ don’t get up and leave. She’s only sending in your order of hot-cakes. |
2. see under manhole n.