hoe-cake

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• hoe-cake — hoeˈ cake noun (US) A thin cake of ground maize (orig baked on a hoe blade) • • • Main Entry: ↑hoe …   Useful english dictionary

• hoe-cake — 1745, Amer.Eng., said to be so called because it originally was baked on the broad thin blade of a cotton field HOE (Cf. hoe) …   Etymology dictionary

• hoe|cake — «HOH KAYK», noun. U.S. a kind of bread made of corn meal, originally baked on a hoe in the fireplace …   Useful english dictionary

• hoe cake — n. flat cake made from corn meal …   English contemporary dictionary

• hoe-cake — n. [U. S.] Johnny cake …   New dictionary of synonyms

• hoe — n. & v. n. a long handled tool with a thin metal blade, used for weeding etc. v. (hoes, hoed, hoeing) 1 tr. weed (crops); loosen (earth); dig up or cut down with a hoe. 2 intr. use a hoe. Phrases and idioms: hoe cake US a coarse cake of maize… …   Useful english dictionary

• johnny-cake — n. Hoe cake, corn cake …   New dictionary of synonyms

• hoecake — hoe•cake [[t]ˈhoʊˌkeɪk[/t]] n. South Midland and Southern U.S. dial. an unleavened cake made with flour or cornmeal • Etymology: 1735–45, amer …   From formal English to slang

• Hoecake — is a type of thin cornbread made of cornmeal, salt, and water, which is baked on a griddle. [Bartlett, Dictionary of Americanisms, p. 288: Hoe Cake. A cake of Indian meal, baked before the fire. In the interior parts of the country, where kitchen …   Wikipedia

• Jonnycake — (also spelled johnnycake, johnny cake, and journey cake ) is a baked cornmeal flatbread, and was a popular American pioneer staple food. The dough was set on a wooden board or barrel stave and placed at an angle in front of an open fire to bake.… …   Wikipedia

• Cornbread — For other uses, see Cornbread (disambiguation). Cornbread baked in an iron skillet …   Wikipedia