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/plɔɪ/, U.S. /plɔɪ/, Canadian English /plɔi/ Canadian and U.S. regional (north-eastern).
A kind of buckwheat pancake that is cooked without being turned.
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1959 M. Tallman Dict. Amer. Folklore 230 Plogues, this was the name given to the buckwheat cakes introduced by the French-Canadians in the early Aroostook timber camps.
1972 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 11 Jan. 11/4 Plogues, a dish resembling a cross between a sponge and a pancake. Actually, it is a buckwheat pancake cooked through from one side only.
1993 Canad. Geographic Jan. 59/2 Booths sell pizza and ployes, the traditional Madawaskan buckwheat pancakes.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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