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slapjack

[slap-jak]

slap·jack

[slap-jak]
noun
1.
a simple card game.
2.
a flapjack or griddlecake.

Origin:
1790–1800; slap1 + jack1


2. See pancake.

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Slapjack is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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slapjack (ˈslæpˌdʒæk)
 
n
1.  a simple card game
2.  (US) another word for pancake
 
[C19: from slap + jack1]

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