Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Chiefly British A hard or chewy bar traditionally made from oats and brown sugar, softened with butter and golden syrup, and then baked.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cake of batter baked on a griddle, in a shallow pan, or on a board: so called from the practice of tossing the cake into the air when it is done on one side, by a dexterous movement of the griddle, in such a manner as to turn it over and catch it again flat upon the griddle with the baked side uppermost. Also
flipjack .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A fklat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a griddlecake or pacake.
- noun Prov. Eng. A fried dough cake containing fruit; a turnover.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US A
pancake . - noun UK A bar made of (though not limited to) rolled oats, butter, golden syrup, and brown sugar, and which is baked in a tray.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Aloe and a Kalanchoe thyrsiflora, commonly called a flapjack plant (top), along with aeonium (middle) and agave (bottom) are popular succulents in California gardens.
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When I was growing up in England in the fifties and sixties, there was a snack called a flapjack that could be bought at bakeries but was more often found in homes, served up by diligent housewives.
One For The Table: Tracy Tynan on Flapjacks - The British Madeline 2010
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I looked after the cooking that evening, making some baking-powder bread, -- otherwise known as a flapjack, -- along with other arrangements for the next day; but I fear my efforts as a cook always resulted rather poorly.
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However, the self-raising buckwheat flour makes an excellent flapjack, which is likewise good for your insides.
The Mountains Stewart Edward White 1909
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However, the self-raising buckwheat flour makes an excellent flapjack, which is likewise good for your insides.
The Mountains 1904
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Where I was born, the term "flapjack" meant a pancake, made often with a buckwheat flour slury and fried on a hot gridle.
October recipe: Flapjack Carla 2007
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Thankfully, no carol singers have ever turned up unexpectedly at my front door in the 18 years I've been living in Streatham, and if they did they wouldn't be offered a flapjack.
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“Sounds like you might already know of something,” he said, taking another bite of flapjack.
Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011
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The old man of indiscriminate accent led Phil through the city, stopping only occasionally for an egg salad sandwich or a flapjack, which neither liked particularly, but prices were high in the city and they were on a budget.
Freedom Can Wait (The First Time) Christopher Allen 2011
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From the grub-box he resurrected the half of a cold heavy flapjack.
CHAPTER 4 2010
sonofgroucho commented on the word flapjack
I used to love flapjacks when I was a kid!
November 27, 2007
yarb commented on the word flapjack
Me too! They were often the most palatable thing on the lunch menu at school.
November 27, 2007