johnnycake
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From johnny, alteration of journey, + cake.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
johnnycake (plural johnnycakes)
- (US) A dense, baked or fried flatbread made of cornmeal.
- 1910, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter II, in The Depot Master[1]:
- Next mornin' I was up early and when the banker turned out I was fryin' a couple of slices of the pork and had some coffee b'ilin'. Likewise there was a pan of johnnycake in the oven.
Synonyms[edit]
- (dense baked or fried flatbread): ashcake, battercake, New England cornbread, corncake, cornpone, hoecake, journeycake, mushbread, pone, Shawneecake
Further reading[edit]
- johnnycake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia