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flapjack

Pronunciation: /ˈflapdʒak/

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Definition of flapjack

noun

1British a sweet dense cake made from oats, golden syrup, and melted butter, served in rectangles.

2North American a pancake.

Origin:

early 17th century (in flapjack (sense 2)): from flap (in the dialect sense 'toss a pancake') + jack¹; sense 1 dates from the 1930s and is probably a regional coinage