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a word that's a pancake in America and an oat brick in Britain, depending on geography

two foodsPancake in US, oat bar in UK
old slangMeant a flat cake since the 1600s
flap originFlap refers to flipping it over
octopus namesakeFlapjack octopus is real and adorable
sailor stapleOat flapjacks fueled British naval rations
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