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Definition of Flawn
1. n. A sort of flat custard or pie.
Definition of Flawn
1. Noun. (obsolete form of flan) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flawn
1. a custard [n -S] - See also: custard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flawn
Literary usage of Flawn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1913)
"1st, Russell J. Hughes; 2nd and 4th, RH Sanders; 3rd, flawn & Benbow. ...
Best male, flawn & Benbow; best female and best collection. W. Lemon. ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"1 —OHGflado, a broad flat cake, flawn; MHG vlade ; G. finden, a kind of pan-cake.
ß. ... as a flawn ' is a common old proverb (Hazlitt). ..."
3. A Complete Practical Treatise on Criminal Procedure, Pleading, and Evidence by John Frederick Archbold, John Jervis, William Newland Welsby, Thomas Whitney Waterman (1853)
"The master of the prisoner delivered to him a sum of money to carry to a person
of the name of flawn, and to leave it •with flawn, who had agreed to give ..."
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