corn pone

corn pone
noun
South & Midland : corn bread often made without milk or eggs, shaped in irregular ovals by the palm of the hand, and baked or fried on a griddle

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Southern U.S.
corn bread, esp. of a plain or simple kind.
[1855-60, Amer.]

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corn pone noun (US)
1. Maize-bread, often baked or fried
2. A maize loaf
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Main Entry: ↑corn

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corn pone,
in the southern United States:
1. a simple kind of corn bread, usually made without milk or eggs.
2. a flat loaf of such bread, shaped by hand.
corn-pone «KRN POHN», adjective.
like a bumpkin; rustic: »

a little old corn-pone Congressman (Harper's).

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1.
n. see pone
2.

corn-pone humor

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ˈcorn pone [corn pone] (also pone) (both US) noun uncountable
a type of bread made from ↑corn ( ↑maize ) and water
See also: ↑pone  
Culture:
Corn pone is popular especially in the southern US. Each is baked or fried as a small piece (‘pone’) shaped like a slightly flat lemon. It is sometimes called by other names, including ‘hoe cake’, ‘johnny cake’ and ‘ash cake’.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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