jaffle

plural jaffles

1. AustraliaSouth AfricaA type of toasted sandwich that is sealed around the edge (in one piece, and not separated in the centre), it has a filling, for example an egg. A toastie or Breville is separated with a diagonal crease.

   For him, the mark of a true jaffle is those gnarly, pressure-sealed edges. “You need those nasty corners – nasty in the best way – when the sauce oozes out the sides and goes super caramelised.”

   2023 June 4, James Shackell, “‘It’s a travesty they’ve disappeared’: what ever happened to jaffle irons?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

present singular third person jaffles · participle present jaffling · participle past jaffled · past jaffled

1. NorfolkUKarchaicintransitiveTo talk foolishly.

   In Norfolk, "jaffle" is used in the sense of idle discourse, of an indecent or malicious character; and a prating busybody is said to be "always a snaffling and jafflin about what don't concern him."

   1855, Notes and Queries, volume 11, page 391

   1 more example

   The goodwife may be 'haffling and jaffling' with a neighbour, and come in and tell you she thinks her very 'dis-improved,' as she is not 'jannock' now, and is tolerably sure to give her children either 'coshies' or 'loggetts' to quiet them if they make too much 'dullor,' […]

   1885, Walter Rye, A History of Norfolk, page 307