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flapjack

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a flat cake made from thin batter and cooked on both sides (as on a griddle) for breakfast, there's bacon and flapjacks with syrup Synonyms pancake, griddle cake, hotcake, slapjackRelated Words oatcake, wheat cake; blin, blintze (or blintz), crepe (or crêpe); waffle

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