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pancake-makers

pancake-makers is the plural of pancake-maker.

Meaning of pancake-maker

Noun

pancake-maker (plural pancake-makers)

  1. One who makes pancakes, thin fried batter cakes.
    • &hellip the great Condé took great credit to himself for being an excellent pancake-maker1836, Dick Humelbergius Secundus, Apician Anecdotes: Or Tales of the Table, Kitchen, and Larder, J. D. Strong, page 144
  2. A machine which does the same as (1). Also known as a pancake machine or a crepe maker.
  3. 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.
    • &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.1903, Davis Rich Dewey, Twelfth Census of the United States: Special report: Employees and Wages, page 1200

Questions about pancake-makers

What is pancake-makers the plural of?
Pancake-makers is the plural of pancake-maker.

Words near pancake-makers in the dictionary

  1. pancake tortoises
  2. Pancake Tuesday
  3. pancake turner
  4. pancake turners
  5. pancake-maker
  6. pancake-makers
  7. pancaked
  8. pancakeless
  9. pancakelike
  10. pancakes
  11. pancakey

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