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flap⋅jack

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

Origin:
1590–1600; flap + jack 1


1. See pancake.
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flap·jack   (flāp'jāk')   
n.  See pancake.
pan·cake   (pān'kāk')   
n.  A thin cake made of batter that is poured onto a hot greased surface and cooked on both sides until brown. Also called flannel cake, flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake; also called regionally battercake.
v.   pan·caked, pan·cak·ing, pan·cakes

v.   tr.
To cause (an aircraft) to make a pancake landing.
v.   intr.
To make a pancake landing.
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