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griddler en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From griddle + -er.

Meanings

  1. A pancake, especially a savory one.
    • A deep Hispanic voice uttered the words I wanted to hear. “A griddler and coffee for you and a bear claw for me.· 2014, Cynthia Arsuaga, Mike Arsuaga, Top Dog:
    • He wiped his plate with a griddler. 2010, Jack Moskovitz, Savage Highway, page 53:
    • On board they ate unleavened bread cooked on a hot stone or a griddler, pancakes of yellow flour set in hot cinders and all manner of chestnut cakes cooked between two red-hot stones – dishes strongly and highly spiced with garlic […] 1955, Riccardo Bacchelli, Nothing New Under the Sun, page 302:

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Synonyms

griddle cake (pancake) · flatcake (pancake)

griddler en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Blend of grid + riddler.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:puzzles) A puzzle in which cells of a grid must be filled or left blank, according to sets of numbers given at the side of the grid, to reveal a hidden picture.
    • If you have used the above techniques you will have made some inroads into solving a Griddler puzzle. 2002, “How To Solve Griddlers”, in puzzle museum:
    • (see title) 2006, “Griddler of the Day”, in griddlers logic puzzles:
    • (see title) 2020, Just Puzzles, Griddler Puzzles For Beginners:

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Synonyms

nonogram (puzzle) · hanjie (puzzle) · picross (puzzle)

griddler en · NOUN · etymology 3

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of gridler (“singing beggar”).
    alt of gridler
    • You hardly ever hear a griddler sing a lively song. 2013, Gipsy Petulengro, A Romany Life:
    • A griddler begs between the sunset and evening prayers and might sing if his voice is good. 2021, Al-Jahiz, Avarice & The Avaricious:
    • You're a griddler, ain't you? There's a gal here now, a first-rate 'un. You two'd do well together. 1883, George Atkins Brine, The King of the Beggars, page 95:

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