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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK) A thin crumpet.
: To cook the pikelets, heat a non-stick skillet and oil lightly, then pour the Pikelet Mixture into 6 oiled egg rings. Cook over moderate heat until bubbles start to appear in the batter, then flip the pikelets over and cook the other s…
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK
(Australia, New Zealand) A thick type of sweet pancake.
2005, Christine Manfield, Charlie Trotter (foreword), Spice: Recipes to Delight the Senses, Penguin Group Australia, republished 2008, Periplus, Singapore, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=GqJ2_MuNmtIC&pg=PA140&dq=%22pikelet%22|%22pi…
Origin: Derived from , later shortened simply to pyglyd. The early 17th century lexicographer, Randle Cotgrave, spoke of "our Welsh barrapycleds". The word spread to the West Midlands of England, where it was anglicised to picklets and then to pikelets. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, dialect, Black Country, Birmingham, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire) Any crumpet, regardless of thickness.
2006, Jude Blereau, Wholefood: Heal... Nourish... Delight, Murdoch Books, Australia, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Xh1sWagchxsC&pg=PA62&dq=%22pikelet%22|%22pikelets%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qwnYT8-WMamKmQW…
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