pattypan

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From patty +‎ pan.

Noun

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pattypan (plural pattypans)

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  1. A pan used for baking patties. [from 17th c.]
    • 1780, William Cowper, letter, 5 June:
      I heard the most uncommon and unaccountable noise that can be imagined. It was, in fact, occasioned by the clattering of tin pattypans and a Dutch oven against the sides of the panniers.
  2. (chiefly Canada, US) A small variety of squash with a scalloped rim and creamy white flesh; a pattypan squash. [from 19th c.]

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