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PRONUNCIATION OF PUFTALOON

puftaloon  [ˌpʌftəˈluːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUFTALOON

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preposition
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Puftaloon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PUFTALOON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Puftaloon

A puftaloon is a fried scone known to be cooked in Australia. They are popular with children in winter. It is made from flour, salt, butter, milk and it is traditionally fried in dripping. It is also known as a "Johnnycake".

Definition of puftaloon in the English dictionary

The definition of puftaloon in the dictionary is an Australian fried scone.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUFTALOON


apolune
ˈæpəˌluːn
balloon
bəˈluːn
demilune
ˈdɛmɪˌluːn
doubloon
dʌˈbluːn
galloon
ɡəˈluːn
Kowloon
ˈkaʊˈluːn
Kulun
ˈkuːˈluːn
loon
luːn
lune
luːn
mesclun
ˈmɛskluːn
pantaloon
ˌpæntəˈluːn
perilune
ˈpɛrɪˌluːn
plenilune
ˌplenɪˈluːn
saloon
səˈluːn
semilune
ˈsɛmɪˌluːn
shalloon
ʃæˈluːn
Walloon
wɒˈluːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUFTALOON

puffa jacket
puffball
puffbird
puffed
puffed rice
puffed sleeves
puffed up
puffer
pufferies
puffery
puffier
puffiest
puffily
puffin
puffin crossing
puffiness
puffingly
pufftaloonas
puffy
puftaloonies

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUFTALOON

barrage balloon
epiploon
go down like a lead balloon
helium balloon
hot-air balloon
kite balloon
last chance saloon
lead balloon
observation balloon
pilot balloon
to go down like a lead balloon
trial balloon
weather balloon

Synonyms and antonyms of puftaloon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «puftaloon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUFTALOON

Find out the translation of puftaloon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of puftaloon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «puftaloon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

puftaloon
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

puftaloon
570 millions of speakers

English

puftaloon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

puftaloon
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

puftaloon
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

puftaloon
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

puftaloon
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

puftaloon
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

puftaloon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Puftaloon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

puftaloon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

puftaloon
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

puftaloon
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Puftaloon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

puftaloon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

puftaloon
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पफफ्टलून
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

puftaloon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

puftaloon
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

puftaloon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

puftaloon
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

puftaloon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

puftaloon
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

puftaloon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

puftaloon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

puftaloon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of puftaloon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUFTALOON»

The term «puftaloon» is barely ever used and occupies the 201.206 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about puftaloon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUFTALOON»

Discover the use of puftaloon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to puftaloon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Majority of One: Tom Aikens and Independent Politics in ...
It was spread by the tablespoon on dry bread; used as a sweetener in cakes and puddings; sometimes poured into cups of tea in place of sugar. On special occasions there were puftaloons and treacle. The puftaloon was a concoction of flour, ...
Ian Moles, 1979
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Cape York Peninsula
These were something like miniature dampers the size of a puftaloon or fried scone. Some bush cooks could turn them out beautifully, a tantalising golden brown all over with nary a piece of black charcoal embedded in them. If a damper had ...
Lennie Wallace, 2012
3
Dark Places: Text Classics
I resolved there and then on a posthumous portrait of Father: m a pink jacket and puftaloon pants, perhaps, dressed for the hunt, being handed up a glass of champagne as he sat on a horse with a big bottom. There would be a conspicuous ...
Kate Grenville, 2012
4
100 of the Most Delicious Breads From Around the World
PUFTALOON (9 ball corner pocket) 8. LUCHI (Eight, mate, date, fate, late!) 7. PANBRIOCHE (Lucky number seven strikes again!) 6. SODA BREAD (No matter what they say six is better than seven) 5. BOBKA OR BABA (High five!) 4. SCONE  ...
Alex Trost, Vadim Kravetsky, 2014
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CultureShock! Australia: A Survival Guide to Customs and ...
('I haven't seen a puftaloon for 40 years,' complained one reader not long ago, in a Western Australian newspaper, 'but I suppose that my body, nowadays conditioned to forever seeking low-cholesterol tucker, would not allow me anywhere ...
Ilsa Sharp, 2012
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
... puftaloon queen cake queen of puddings ras malai rice pudding rock cake roly -poly Sachertorte sago pudding Sally Lunn sandwich (cake) savarin scone einkorn emmer flint corn mabela maize millet milo oats pearl millet crowdie or crowdy ...
Maurice Waite, 2009
7
Sarah Fletcher Transported: One woman’s life in Colonial ...
Youknow aswell as I, Hall isnotthe sortof puftaloon tobe treated so harshly – he was silly enough todemand some sort of inquiry when he returned to England. He got a broadside from the colonial secretary who called him a 'zealous, ...
Peter Kelly, 2014
8
Delicatessen Cookbook - Burdett's Delicatessen Recipes:
... sometimes salty. Proja Leavened Serbia Small muffins or loaves of cornbread, was popular in times of widespread poverty, now is a common everyday meal. Puftaloon Scone Australia Made from flour, salt, butter, milk, traditionally fried in.
Avani Burdett
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Greatest Breads of All Time: Top 100
ANPAN (32 It's meant for you) 31. CIABATTA (31 Time for fun) 30. SHIRMAL (30 Time to worry) 29. PIADINA (29 I'm going to be fine) 28. CANADIAN WHITE (28 You alright mate?) 27. PUFTALOON (Yay! I have twenty 7's) 26. BROWN BREAD.
Alex Trost, Vadim Kravetsky, 2014
10
Faces in the Street
Public Circus: Public service; civil service. Public servant: Government employee, or (in British English) a civil servant. Publican: The licensee of a hotel. Pudding: In Australia, any dessert. Puftaloon: A scone (qv) made from plain damper (qv) ...
Pip Wilson, 2006

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUFTALOON»

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Exploring Australian Home Cookery: a vintage cookbook from the …
... poached asparagus, prunes, oysters, poached brains, grilled kidneys. Even puftaloons, which, according to Australian Home Cookery, are fried flour and milk. «Good Food, Nov 14»
2
Nod to nostalgia
We finish with fried scones, known to many Australians as puftaloons. Served hot with mascarpone and strawberry jam and studded with dates and dried sour ... «Good Food, Dec 13»
3
Plenty more to CWA than tea and scones
And who would be able to forget Australia Day with Ray's dampers and later Puftaloons in the Park. It would be impossible to list everything that the Stanthorpe ... «Warwick Daily News, Jul 13»
4
How to bake the perfect scone
... bloater scones (flavoured with cayenne pepper and fish paste) and puftaloons, essentially scones fried in oil or fat and served with jam, honey or bacon. «Sydney Morning Herald, May 11»

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