pattypan

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noun

A pan used for baking patties.

First used 17th c.Scrabble 15
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Meanings

nounpattypan (plural pattypans)

plural pattypans · alternative pattipan

  1. A pan used for baking patties.First known use 17th c.

    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.

    1780, William Cowper, letter, 5 June
  2. CanadaUSA small variety of squash with a scalloped rim and creamy white flesh; a pattypan squash.First known use 19th c.

Origin

From patty + pan.

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