cornpone
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[edit]cornpone (countable and uncountable, plural cornpones)
- (US, Appalachia) A form of cornbread made without milk or eggs.
- Synonyms: corncake; for more, see johnnycake § Synonyms
- Hypernym: (sometimes coordinate) cornbread
- Coordinate term: corn pudding
- 1921, T. S. Stribling, Birthright[1]:
- The Harvard man went back into the kitchen and sat down at a rickety table covered with a red-checked oil-cloth. On it were spread the spoiled ham, a dish of poke salad, a corn pone, and a pot of weak coffee.
- (derogatory) Something or someone considered stereotypical of rural, Southern US attitudes or attributes.
- 2005, John Baxter, We'll Always Have Paris, Bantam, published 2006, page 27:
- Her southern accent was rich as molasses, and she really did, without affectation, call everyone ‘y'all’, but the cornpone was camouflage. A tough, clever mind was evident in her penetrating gaze […]