Flawn
noun
noun ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A flan (custard-based dessert) obsolete
- 2 A pancake or hotcake. obsolete
"Fill oven with flawns, Jenny, pass not for sleep, To-morrow, thy father his wake-day will keep"
Example
More examples"Fill oven with flawns, Jenny, pass not for sleep, To-morrow, thy father his wake-day will keep"
Etymology
From Middle English flaun, flaon, flawn, from Old French flaon, from Late Latin fladonem, accusative of flado, from Frankish *flaþō. Doublet of flan, flathe, and flathon.
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