- corn pone
- noun Date: 1859 Southern & Midland corn bread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
corn pone
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corn pone — [ˈko:n pəun US ˈko:rn poun] n [U] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: pone bread 1600 1700 From an Algonquian language] a kind of American bread made from cornmeal … Dictionary of contemporary English
corn pone — [ kɔrn ,poun ] noun uncount AMERICAN a type of bread made from CORN … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
corn pone — corn′ pone n. Southern U.S. dial. corn bread, esp. of a plain kind … From formal English to slang
corn pone — ☆ corn pone n. Chiefly South a kind of corn bread baked in small oval loaves, or pones … English World dictionary
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 * * * Southern U.S. corn bread, esp. of a plain or simple kind. [1855 60, Amer.] * * * corn pone … Useful english dictionary
corn-pone — /kawrn pohn /, adj. Usually Disparaging. of or characteristic of an unsophisticated rural person, esp. from the South; hick: a corn pone accent. [1965 70] * * * … Universalium
corn-pone — /kawrn pohn /, adj. Usually Disparaging. of or characteristic of an unsophisticated rural person, esp. from the South; hick: a corn pone accent. [1965 70] … Useful english dictionary
corn pone — Southern U.S. corn bread, esp. of a plain or simple kind. [1855 60, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
corn pone — noun (U) a kind of American bread made from corn meal … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
corn pone — US noun unleavened maize bread, originally as prepared by North American Indians. adjective (cornpone) informal rustic; unsophisticated … English new terms dictionary
