cornflaken.
/ˈkɔːnfleɪk/, U.S. /ˈkɔrnˌfleɪk/ Originally U.S.
In plural. A kind of breakfast cereal made from roasted and flavoured flakes of maize meal. Also in singular: a piece of this cereal.
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granola1886
cornflakes1890
cereal1899
shredded wheat1899
wheatflakes1903
Post Toasties1908
Wheaties1925
Rice Krispies1928
Pablum1932
Weetabix1936
muesli1939
flakes1951
snap, crackle, pop1954
sugar puff1957
granola1970
1890 U.S. Patent 427,159 1 (heading) Process of manufacturing hominy-flakes or corn-flakes.
1900 Jrnl. & Courier (New Haven, Connecticut) 7 Sept. 5/1 (advt.) Boston Grocery. Cereals For the Summer Months. Shredded Wheat Biscuits... Cerealine and Corn Flakes.
1908 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 31 Oct. 55/3 There are 13 imitations of Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes.
1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. ii. 54 Amory indulged in a club sandwich, cornflakes, and Julienne potatoes.
1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway ix. 241 I breakfasted in a hurry on cornflakes and bacon and eggs.
1951 G. Fowler Schnozzola xxiii. 140 Jimmy choked on a cornflake, coughed, then half rose from his chair.
1960 J. Betjeman Summoned by Bells v. 44 And, in the morning, cornflakes, bread and tea.
2013 M. Lawson Road Ends ii. 33 I get up and go downstairs and get myself a bowl of cornflakes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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