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• pone bread — noun see pone I, 2 …   Useful english dictionary

• pone — pone1 /pohn/, n. South Midland and Southern U.S. 1. Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal. 2. a loaf or oval shaped cake of any type of bread, esp. corn bread. [1605 15, Amer.; < Virginia Algonquian (E sp.)… …   Universalium

• pone — I. /poʊn/ (say pohn) noun US 1. Also, pone bread. baked or fried bread made of maize. 2. an oval shaped loaf or cake of it. {Algonquian äpan something baked} II. /ˈpoʊni/ (say pohnee) noun the player in a card game on the dealer s right. {Latin,… …  

• pone — ☆ pone1 [pōn ] n. [Virginia Algonquian poan, appoans, apones] Chiefly South 1. corn bread in the form of small, oval loaves 2. such a loaf or cake pone2 [pō′nē] n. [< L pone, imper. of ponere, to place: see POSITION] Now Rare in various card… …   English World dictionary

• pone — (n.) 1630s, American Indian bread, earlier appone, ponap (1610s), from Powhatan (Algonquian) apan something baked, from apen she bakes. Later used in Southern U.S. for any type of cornbread …   Etymology dictionary

• bread — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. staff of life; white, rye, pumpernickel, sourdough, whole wheat, etc. bread; slang, money. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Grain product] Syn. loaf, baked goods, the staff of life. Types of bread include:… …   English dictionary for students

• pone — 1. n. US 1 unleavened maize bread, esp. as made by N. American Indians. 2 a fine light bread made with milk, eggs, etc. 3 a cake or loaf of this. Etymology: Algonquian, = bread 2. n. the dealer s opponent in two handed card games. Etymology: L,… …   Useful english dictionary

• pone — [pəʊn] noun another term for corn pone. Origin Algonquian, bread …   English new terms dictionary

• pone — [[t]poʊn[/t]] n. South Midland and Southern U.S. cvb dial. a loaf or oval shaped cake of any type of bread, esp. corn bread • Etymology: 1605–15, amer.; < Virginia Algonquian (E sp.) apones, appoans, poan …   From formal English to slang

• 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 — 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