Griddler

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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. 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

Etymology 1

From griddle + -er.

Etymology 2

Blend of grid + riddler.

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