Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a street-seller of pastries.

1848		Bell’s Life in Sydney 26 Feb. 1/4: I ogled um vorkin ven tho Ka-ke Pannum cut out a swell.
1859, 1860		Hotten Dict. of Modern Sl. etc.
1861		Melbourne Punch ‘City Police Court’ 3 Oct. 234/1: Prisoner. You see she was on the mooch, and happening to nim a prop from a swell’s fancy kingsman, a cakey-pannum-fencer, as ought to know better, peached on her.
1873		Sl. Dict.