flake n PRATT ~ n (1895- ).
   1 1984 POWELL 29 He shouted to some men that were on the flake piling fish together. 1988 Evening Telegram 18 May, p. 19 Flakes were platforms of rough wooden posts and rails, sometimes covered with boughs, on which fish were spread to dry in the sun.
   2 Phr on (the) flake.
   1981 SPARKES 188 If a woman said, 'I spent the whole summer on flake' it meant that she spent her whole time drying fish.

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