Flapjack vs. Crepe
flapjack |ˈflapˌjak|
noun a pancake. ORIGIN from flap (in the dialect sense [toss a pancake] ) + jack 1 . |
crepe (also crêpe)
noun 1 |krāp| a light, thin fabric with a wrinkled surface : [as adj. ] a silk crepe blouse.• (also crepe rubber) hard-wearing wrinkled rubber, used esp. for the soles of shoes. 2 |krāp| black silk or imitation silk, formerly used for mourning clothes.• a band of such fabric formerly worn around a person's hat as a sign of mourning. 3 |krāp; krep| a thin pancake. DERIVATIVES crepey adjective ORIGIN late 18th cent.: French, from Old French crespe ‘curled, frizzed,’ from Latin crispus. |