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noun
A form of cornbread made without milk or eggs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Appalachia, US, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: corncake, for more, see johnnycake § Synonyms
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cornbread
noun
Something or someone considered stereotypical of rural, Southern US attitudes or attributes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, derogatory, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cornbread
History
Etymology tree English corn Proto-Indo-European *h2ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h2epó Proto-Indo-European *h2pó Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der. Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Old Latin *poznō Latin ponēder. Anglo-Norman ponebor. Middle English pone English pone English cornpone From corn + pone.
