Waffle Iron (1788)

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   OED has 1794 for "waffle iron."  I had to go through several different spellings before I found this.


ITEM #74778
April 16, 1788
The Pennsylvania Gazette

FOR SALE BY
LEONARD JACOBY,
At his Store, in Second street, the fifth door above Race street,
and next door to the sign of the Black Bear, in Philadelphia,
A large assortment of the best kind of
Dutch Scythes & German Straw-knives,
With suitable WHETSTONES.
Also a few << WAFFEL-IRONS>> .
Likewise a general assortment of superfine, fine, middling and coarse
BOULTING CLOTHS,
Suitable for any kind of milling business.