cornflake

English

Etymology

corn +‎ flake

Noun

cornflake (plural cornflakes)

1. A toasted flake of maize used as breakfast cereal.
   • 2009 June 7, David Corcoran, “Ideas That Translate Into Full Local Flavors”, in New York Times‎:

     But the kitchen regained its footing with a juicy pork chop, from a farm in Pennsylvania, with a cornflake crust; catfish (in a departure, from Louisiana) pan roasted, with black-bean-studded rice; and a chicken breast (from Delaware) pan roasted, with balsamic vinegar and a first-rate mozzarella.

Translations

Adjective

cornflake (comparative more cornflake, superlative most cornflake)

1. (rhyming slang) Fake.

Further reading

• Eric Partridge (2005) “cornflake”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volumes 1 (A–I), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 483.