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pattypans

pattypans is the plural of pattypan.

Meaning of pattypan

Noun

pattypan (plural pattypans)

  1. A pan used for baking patties.
    • 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. (Canada, US) A small variety of squash with a scalloped rim and creamy white flesh; a pattypan squash.

Questions about pattypans

What is pattypans the plural of?
Pattypans is the plural of pattypan.

Words near pattypans in the dictionary

  1. patty shells
  2. patty-cake
  3. pattycake
  4. pattypan
  5. pattypan squash
  6. pattypans
  7. patté
  8. pattée
  9. patu
  10. Patuakhali District
  11. Patucannay

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