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flapjack

[flap-jak]
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noun
  1. a pancake or griddlecake.
  2. British. a small case for face powder; compact.
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Origin of flapjack

First recorded in 1590–1600; flap + jack1

Regional variation note

1. See pancake.
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Examples from the Web for flapjack

Historical Examples

  • We have been disappinted three or four times and had to be contented with flapjack.

    Dead Man's Land

    George Manville Fenn

  • Langdon bit rabidly at a flapjack and beat the earth with his heels.

    The Gay Rebellion

    Robert W. Chambers

  • She could heft a bar'l of flour as easy as I can flirt a flapjack.

    Roughing It

    Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

  • "Slim Travennes," replied the proprietor, flopping a flapjack.

  • I ought not to be hungry; I tried to toss a flapjack, but it got stuck to the pan.

British Dictionary definitions for flapjack

flapjack

noun
  1. a chewy biscuit made with rolled oats
  2. US, Canadian and NZ another word for pancake
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Word Origin

C17: from flap (in the sense: toss) + jack 1
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Word Origin and History for flapjack

n.

pre-1600, from flap + jack (n.), using the personal name in its generic object sense.

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