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English
Etymology
From pancake in its various meanings and maker - one who makes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpæn.keɪk/, /ˈpæŋ.keɪk/
Noun
pancake-maker (plural pancake-makers)
- One who makes pancakes, thin fried batter cakes.
1836, Dick Humelbergius Secundus, Apician Anecdotes: Or Tales of the Table, Kitchen, and Larder, J. D. Strong, page 144:&hellip the great Condé took great credit to himself for being an excellent pancake-maker
1937, Norman W. Caldwell, Fangs of the Sea, page 53:Whereupon the pancake-maker showed how he could turn them. He tossed a pancake high in the air and deftly caught it in the pan.
- A machine which does the same as (1). Also known as a pancake machine or a crepe maker.
- One who makes pancake, a composite leather of scraps, glue and board, material originally used for insoles, but later used also for heels and even soles.
1903, Davis Rich Dewey, Twelfth Census of the United States: Special report: Employees and Wages, page 1200:&hellip in the poorer grades the heel is made of scrap leather and leather board or pulp, finished with a solid leather top lift. The composite material, called pancake, is made by an operative, usually a girl, called a pancake-maker; it is used sometimes for soles as well as heels.