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English
Etymology
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
flawn (plural flawns)
- (obsolete) A flan (custard-based desert)
- (obsolete) A pancake or hotcake.
1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: Robert Triphook, , and William Sancho, , 1810, →OCLC:Fill oven with flawns, Jenny, pass not for sleep,
To-morrow, thy father his wake-day will keep
References
Middle English
Noun
flawn
- Alternative form of flaun