as in pancakes
a flat cake made from thin batter and cooked on both sides (as on a griddle)
had a big plate of slapjacks with syrup for breakfast on his birthday
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pancakes
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An a la carte breakfast with everything from avocado on toast, eggs done all ways, and fluffy wattleseed pancakes is followed by long multi-course lunches.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026 -
When Dean made banana pancakes, stray banana slices fell to the floor and got mashed into the linoleum by his stockinged feet.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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“Slapjacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slapjacks. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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