flake
n.— «A big flake of straw thrown out onto the snow, along with some scratch feed, made it a bit more tempting a place to explore and soon half the flock were out in the sun.» —“Spring cleaning in January” by Vicki Biggs-Anderson Cook County News-Herald (Grand Marais, Minnesota) Feb. 2, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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