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noun
A scone made from mashed, boiled potatoes and flour, often baked in a large circular shape on a griddle and cut into slices for serving; it may be eaten as an accompaniment to savoury food such as bacon, fried eggs, and Lorne sausage, or with jam.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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Synonyms: fadge, potato bread, tattie cake, tatty cake
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Scots tattie scone, from tattie (“potato”) + scone (“large circular cake baked on a griddle; a slice of such a cake”).
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
