slapjack
noun
slap·jack
ˈslap-ˌjak 
1
: pancake
2
: a card game in which each player tries to be the first to slap a hand on any jack that appears faceup
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had a big plate of slapjacks with syrup for breakfast on his birthday
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The indictment says that Perna — armed with a club known as a slapjack — and an unidentified member of his crew followed Cantin to a strip mall in Passaic County and attacked him in the parking lot.
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slapjack
noun
slap·jack
ˈslap-ˌjak
1
: pancake
2
: a card game in which each player tries to be the first to slap his or her hand on any jack that appears faceup
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