pannekoek, noun

/ˈpanəkʊk//ˈpanəkuk/
Plurals:
unchanged, or pannekoeke/ˈpanəˌkʊkə/.
Origin:
Afrikaans.
A pancake. Also attributive, and (occasionally) figurative.
1900 F.R.M. Cleaver in M.M. Cleaver Young S. Afr. (1913) 161The Germans and Hollanders have their Zangvereine; the Irish have their boxing and athletic exercises; the Afrikanders impartially take part in everything and bake stormjagers en pannekoek in the intervals.
1931 Nat. Geog. Mag. Apr. 395Collections of Dutch masters, stinkwood furniture,..and kitchen utensils wherein of old were prepared..pannekoek.
1938 ‘Mrs Gossip’ in Star 1 Dec. 12Pannekoeke, braaiwors, melktert, mosbolletjies, beskuit and coffee could be had in plenty and everyone throughly enjoyed themselves.
1976 S. Afr. Panorama Feb. 35Steaming cinnamon-strewn pannekoek (pancakes) have gradually given way to the more easily prepared jaffles and vetkoek (yeasty cakes) with sweet or savoury fillings.
1978 Sunday Times 20 Aug. (Mag. Sect.) 3If you want to make pannekoek then toss them, of course, and cook on the other side.
1979 ‘Blossom’ in Darling 16 May 131This lekker suave piece of pannekoek from Parys...Six foot two, eyes of blue.
1982 S. Afr. Panorama Jan. 12There were little pavement cafes and stalls selling..home-made bread and pannekoek with cinnamon.
1990 Cue 5 July 3Talking point at PJ’s isn’t the venue or the food (although the pannekoek is reputed to be the best in town).
1992 Style May 60Feeding 85 children a day at a primary school, a pannekoek evening, perhaps, or a jumble sale to raise funds.
A pancake. Also attributive, and (occasionally) figurative.
Derivatives:
Hence (nonce) pannekoek intransitive verb, to eat pancakes.
1990 Sunday Times 3 June 4Seeing the queue at the pannekoek stall was thinning out, I went to watch an army of cooks indulge in a fry-up of epic proportions. To pannekoek or not to pannekoek?
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