flawn

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English

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Etymology

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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.

Noun

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flawn (plural flawns)

  1. (obsolete) A flan (custard-based desert)
  2. (obsolete) A pancake or hotcake.
    • 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: [] Richard Tottel, →OCLC:
      Fill oven with flawns, Jenny, pass not for sleep,
      To-morrow, thy father his wake-day will keep

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Middle English

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Noun

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flawn

  1. Alternative form of flaun