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farl

or farle

[ fahrl ]

noun

Scot.
  1. a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.


farl

/ ɑː /

noun

  1. a thin cake of oatmeal, often triangular in shape
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of farl1

1715–25; contraction of fardel a three-cornered cake, originally, the 4th part of a round cake ( Middle English ferdell, representing Old English ŧǰٳ dǣl fourth part)
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of farl1

C18: from earlier fardel fourth part, from Old English ŧǰٳ fourth + Middle English del part
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“Incantata,” which appears in Muldoon’s 1994 collection “The Annals of Chile,” is an elegy to his partner, Mary Farl Powers, a noted printmaker who died two years earlier.

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In goes the birdie putt, and the early Open leaderboard has a breakfast flavour so Irish it could be served with a soda farl.

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Bread Ahead bakery in London offers a Great British Baking Workshop, which gives lessons in potato farl from Northern Ireland and fruit and tea loaf from Wales.

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Think of how much more delicious a thin potato farl or an oval pitta is when warmed on a griddle.

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Soda Farl Breakfasting Gable End Decorating Fiver is in Serbia to witness Nigel Worthington's spectacular tantrum, as he punishes the useless shower who capitulated 3-0 against Scotland in the Nations Cup by dropping everyone and playing the kids.

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