pancake turner

Definitions

1. 1

   A spatula

   A spatula; fish slice; kitchen turner; cooking turner.

   • Use the pancake turner to flip to the other side, adding more oil if necessary, and continue cooking until set in the center but still slightly juicy within.
2. 2

   One who operates a sound-effect machine or record player for a business that broadcasts…

   One who operates a sound-effect machine or record player for a business that broadcasts the music (or other sounds).

   • Mr. Petrillo. Yes: we have an agreement with the chain companies that the men who put the records on ther machine must be members of the federation. Mr. Nixon. In other words, a platter— Mr. Petrillo. The "pancake turner."
   • The requirement was simple. If you use a record player in your studios, then you must hire a union musician to operate the turntables. Before the disc jockey, stations were compelled to acquire a flunky: the lowly pancake turner.

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