pancake-maker

English

Etymology

From pancake in its various meanings and maker - one who makes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæn.keɪk/, /ˈpæŋ.keɪk/

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Noun

pancake-maker (plural pancake-makers)

1. 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.

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.
   • 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.