pattypan

noun — 2 senses

noun

Etymology From patty + pan.

A pan used for baking patties.

I heard the most uncommon and unaccountable noise that can be imagined. It was, in fact, occasioned by the clattering of tin pattypans and a Dutch oven against the sides of the panniers.1780, William Cowper, letter, 5 June

Canada, US A small variety of squash with a scalloped rim and creamy white flesh; a pattypan squash.

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