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pattypan

noun

Etymology

From patty + pan.

  1. derived from πατάνη — “kind of flat dish”
  2. derived from patina — “broad, shallow dish, pan, stewpan”
  3. derived from panna
  4. inherited from *pannǭ✻
  5. inherited from *pannā✻
  6. inherited from panne
  7. inherited from panne
  8. compounded as pattypan — “patty + pan”

Definitions

  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.

  2. A small variety of squash with a scalloped rim and creamy white flesh

    A small variety of squash with a scalloped rim and creamy white flesh; a pattypan squash.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA