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Yes, cakewalk is playable

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"Cakewalk" Definition

noun

A 19th-century public entertainment among African Americans in which walkers performing the most accomplished or amusing steps won cakes as prizes.
A strutting dance, often performed in minstrel shows.
Something easily accomplished: Winning the race was a cakewalk for her.
The music for this dance.
A black American entertainment having a cake as prize for the most accomplished steps and figures in walking.

verb-intransitive

To perform a strutting dance.

verb

Achieve or win something easily.
Walk or dance in the manner of a cakewalk.

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