JOHNNYCAKE
johnnycake, johnny cake, journey cake
(noun) cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
johnnycake (plural johnnycakes)
(US) A dense, baked or fried flatbread made of cornmeal.
Synonyms
• (dense baked or fried flatbread): ashcake, battercake, New England cornbread, corncake, cornpone, hoecake, journeycake, mushbread, pone, Shawneecake
Source: Wiktionary
John"ny*cake`, n.
Definition: A kind of bread made of the meal of maize (Indian corn), mixed with water or milk, etc., and baked. [U.S.] J. Barlow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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