johnnycake

See also: johnny cake

English

WOTD – 22 April 2008

Alternative forms

• jonnycake, jonny cake, johnny cake

Etymology

From johnny, alteration of journey, + cake.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑː.niːˌkeɪk/

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Noun

johnnycake (plural johnnycakes)

1. (US) A dense, baked or fried flatbread made of cornmeal.
   • 1890, Joseph Jacobs, “The Red Ettin”, in English Fairy Tales, page 135:

     So he went away on his journey; and after he had travelled a far way, he met with an old woman that asked him if he would give her a bit of his johnny-cake.

   • 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

• (dense baked or fried flatbread): ashcake, battercake, New England cornbread, corncake, cornpone, hoecake, journeycake, mushbread, pone, Shawneecake

Further reading

• johnnycake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia