Griddler
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A pancake, especially a savory one.
"On board they ate unleavened bread cooked on a hot stone or a griddler, pancakes of yellow flour set in hot cinders and all manner of chestnut cakes cooked between two red-hot stones – dishes strongly and highly spiced with garlic […]"
- 2 A puzzle in which cells of a grid must be filled or left blank, according to sets of numbers given at the side of the grid, to reveal a hidden picture.
"If you have used the above techniques you will have made some inroads into solving a Griddler puzzle."
- 3 Alternative form of gridler (“singing beggar”). alt-of, alternative
"You're a griddler, ain't you? There's a gal here now, a first-rate 'un. You two'd do well together."
Example
More examples"On board they ate unleavened bread cooked on a hot stone or a griddler, pancakes of yellow flour set in hot cinders and all manner of chestnut cakes cooked between two red-hot stones – dishes strongly and highly spiced with garlic […]"
Etymology
From griddle + -er.
Blend of grid + riddler.
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