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puftaloon

/pʌftəˈluːn/

puftaloon noun: a fried scone-like fritter originally from Australia.

Noun

puftaloon (plural puftaloons)

  1. (Australia) A fried scone-like fritter originally from Australia.
    • It seems that puftaloons are particular to Australia, where, traditionally, they are eaten hot with golden syrup or treacle. Puftaloons are a type of scone dough fried in plenty of hot dripping or a light vegetable oil.1983, Margaret Fulton, Encyclopedia of Food and Cookery: The Complete Kitchen Companion from A to Z, published 2009, page 484
    • And the puftaloons that he would make! He′d mix up a batter and put them in the frying-pan. Puftaloons are just like scones, only they′re fried in the pan instead of baked in the oven, because we always had plenty of dripping. Puftaloons and syrup! We used to love them. That was a treat!2002, Marion Houldsworth, Barefoot Through the Bindies: Growing Up in North Queensland in the Early 1900s, published 2012, page 4

Forms of puftaloon

pluralpuftaloons

Questions about puftaloon

What does puftaloon mean?
Puftaloon means a fried scone-like fritter originally from Australia.
What part of speech is puftaloon?
Puftaloon is a noun.
How do you pronounce puftaloon?
Puftaloon is pronounced /pʌftəˈluːn/.
What is the plural of puftaloon?
The plural of puftaloon is puftaloons.

Words near puftaloon in the dictionary

  1. puffs up
  2. puffy
  3. puffy sticks
  4. PUFs
  5. puft
  6. puftaloon
  7. puftaloons
  8. pug
  9. pug and pine
  10. pug dog
  11. pug dogs

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