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BANNOCK
bannock
(noun) a flat bread made of oat or barley flour; common in New England and Scotland
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bannock (usually uncountable, plural bannocks)
(especially, Scotland, northern England) An unleavened bread made with barley, wheat, or oatmeal.
(Canada) A biscuit bread made of wheat flour or cornmeal, fat, and sometimes baking powder, typically baked over a fire, wrapped around a stick or in a pan.
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Etymology
Noun
Bannock (plural Bannocks or Bannock)
A member of a tribe of the Northern Paiute, an indigenous people of the Great Basin.
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Source: Wiktionary
Ban"nock, n. Etym: [Gael. bonnach.]
Definition: A kind of cake or bread, in shape flat and roundish, commonly made of oatmeal or barley meal and baked on an iron plate, or griddle; -- used in Scotland and the northern counties of England. Jamieson. Bannock fluke, the turbot. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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