flapjacky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more flapjacky
form: most flapjacky
form: flap-jacky
Etymology: From flapjack + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The only downside was the lack of vegan puds, they did have an apricotty flapjacky thing but a 'real' cake would have ensured top marks!!
ref: 2003 April 22, artichoke, “review of guesthouses/restaurants in UK”, in alt.food.vegan (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Nov 2023:
text: At least they gave us the choice of having sarnies that expired that day for half price, or fresher ones at full price. We each had a half price butty, a can of elderflower fizzy stuff and Pa had a flapjacky thing.
ref: 2004 September 8, Fenny, “I'd be dangerous if I had a brian^([sic])”, in uk.rec.sheds (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Nov 2023:
text: There’s a limited selection of designer healthfood in a chiller cabinet, mainly pre-packaged salads (greek, niçoise, spinach) and sandwiches (tuna, mangetout, beansprouts and soy sauce on rather heavy rye bread), plus fruit and a few flapjacky cakes.
ref: 2005, Cheap Eats in London, London: Time Out Guides Ltd, →ISBN, page 33:
text: You know the one... one girl reckons that the biscuits she's advertising are made in a magic box. The other one says "It's called an oven!" / "Oats, Michelle! That's why they're so flapjacky and satisfyin'. Oats! Not magic!"
ref: 2006 July 24, Enzo Matrix, “Sarah's Mum”, in alt.funnytown (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Nov 2023:
text: It's a woefully belated elevenses - tea and biscuits and a Falconful of Old Gowrie. […] It's very nice tobacco, though. All sweet, flapjacky goodness. I'm all the fonder of it because, yesterday, I tried some Grousemoor.
ref: 2007 March 6, Burbage, “Tuesday AM SMoke”, in alt.smokers.pipes (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Nov 2023:
text: If I get my act together I'll do a few seedy nutty flapjacky traybakey type things to bring
ref: 2007 September 3, Josie Stewart, “food at Burnlaw”, in MADD (Google Groups), archived from the original on 12 Nov 2023:
text: I think it's the national dish of Australia - a type of biscuity/flapjacky thing with a topping
ref: 2007 November 23, murie...@yahoo.co.uk, “Australian dumplings”, in uk.food+drink.misc (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Nov 2023:
text: I grabbed a handful of grapes and some flapjacky things with nuts and raisins, plus a couple of cans of Coke, and whizzed them up to my bedroom.
ref: 2009, Jean Ure, Boys Will Be Boys (Girlfriends), London: Orchard Books, Hachette Children’s Books, →ISBN, pages 23–24:
text: As much as I make, and honour, traditional crumbles, every now and then it’s nice to give people something unexpected – something that makes them sit up, ask questions and get excited about the fact that a delicious flapjacky base has found its way into their favourite dessert.
ref: 2011, Jamie Oliver, “[Puddings] Flapjack Crumble”, in Jamie’s Great Britain: Over 130 Reasons to Love Our Food, London: Michael Joseph, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 364:
text: Bake for 20 minutes or until the top is slightly browned at the edges – a good flapjacky smell will probably alert you to this moment.
ref: 2013, Jojo Tulloh, “[Baked] Honey Flapjacks”, in The Modern Peasant: Adventures in City Food, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 63:
text: These little flapjacky morsels are great for a teatime treat.
ref: 2015, Louise Blair, “[tempting tray bakes and biscuits] apricot almond crunch biscuits”, in Great Gluten-Free Baking: Over 80 Delicious Cakes and Bakes, London: Hamlyn, →ISBN, page 88:
text: Admittedly, the flapjack at Ostborough Academy is legendary – gooey and floppy and at least fifty per cent golden syrup. My slice has already soaked through the paper plate, leaving a sticky residue on my fingers. / ‘Napkins in there,’ Tanvi says, nodding down at the breast pocket of her blazer. ‘Now, budge up.’ / With little choice in the matter, I scoot along the bench and give in to the flapjacky goodness.
ref: 2019, Lisa Williamson, “[Autumn] 10”, in Paper Avalanche, Oxford, Oxon: David Fickling Books, →ISBN:
text: These natural flapjacky snack bars should come with a warning – they're killer moreish.
ref: 2019 January 29, Kieran Alger, “7 best all-natural energy foods – from shakes to bars”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Feb 2019:
text: ‘Go on then, love. Go and get me one of those flapjacky things.’
ref: 2020, Daisy Waugh, chapter 13, in In the Crypt with a Candlestick, London: Piatkus, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN:
text: fudgy flapjacky fudge […] I always buy one of those flapjacks with a layer of yoghurt on top. But even with the topping, they are just never sweet enough for me. I also love fudge but that can be toe-curlingly sweet. So, in my search for a middle ground, I decided to combine the two.
ref: 2020, Nadiya Hussain, Nadiya Bakes, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN:
text: Using golden syrup gives you a flapjacky flavour kiss and, if you want to go the extra mile, the hibiscus syrup adds a delicious curiosity into proceedings, especially when drizzled hot over good ice cream.
ref: 2021, Jamie Oliver, “Apple & Bramble Crumble Tart”, in Together: Memorable Meals Made Easy, London: Michael Joseph, Penguin Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a flapjack (oat bar).
examples: text: Flapjacks must be a sort of natural boy food the world over, for a New York city organization has found itself compelled to provide this American dish at its boys’ camp at Lake Membosha, New York, and also at another boys’ camp, the first of its kind in Cuba, which it helps the Asociacion de Jovenes Cristianos, of Havana, to run for Cuban youngsters, at Mariel Bay. […] And the name of the camp is “Camp Skidoo,” which certainly has a flapjacky sound.
ref: 1907 September 8, “Flapjacks in Cuba. They Help Solve the Help Problem in a Boys’ Camp There. New York Tribune.”, in Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y., second part, page 8, columns 5–6:
text: “You once told me a man is what he eats. I ate flapjacks for breakfast and I’ve felt kind of flapjacky all day.”
ref: 1961 October 5, Cecil Smith, “The TV Scene-⁠-⁠-Mr. Beanblossom Spreads Wings”, in Los Angeles Times, volume LXXX, Los Angeles, Calif., part II, page 14:
text: “What you got against pancakes? You prejudiced against Aunt Jemima?” / “I am flapjacky about pancakes,” I said. “And Aunt Jemima is a nice, fat old broad. But how do you sell the kids on athletics as a manly endeavour when the pre-game meal is pancakes?”
ref: 1971 May 14, “Clancy Loranger”, in The Province, Vancouver, B.C., page 20:
text: Saturday meant pancakes. And not any old kind of pancakes. English pancakes with sugar and lemon juice, not the flapjacky kind with blueberries and syrup.
ref: 2007, Alan Jones, ““I Tell You a Further Mystery””, in Roger Ferlo, editor, Heaven, New York, N.Y.: Seabury Books, Church Publishing Incorporated, →ISBN, page 119:
text: And that question my mom posed over pancakes, about what I would change if I could. I gulped down a mouthful of fluffy, yummy, flapjacky goodness, then answered her.
ref: 2018, Marley Dias, “Herstory: Who I Am, How This All Began”, in Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Press, →ISBN, page 25, column 1:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an (American) pancake.