flake
n.— «Chris placed him in a stall and told Billy to toss him a flake of hay. The horse dived into it.…His hay was gone and Billy was tossing him another flake when Roger drove up.» —“The Christmas foundling” Thoroughbred Times Dec. 23, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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