PONE

cornpone, pone

(noun) cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

pone (plural pones)

(legal, historical) A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.

(legal, historical) A writ to enforce appearance in court by attaching goods or requiring securities.

Etymology 2

Noun

pone (countable and uncountable, plural pones)

(Southern US) A baked or fried cornbread (bread made of cornmeal), often made without milk or eggs.

Etymology 3

Noun

pone (plural pones)

(cards, chiefly US) The last player to bet or play in turn.

Anagrams

• Nope, nope, open, peno-, peon

Source: Wiktionary


Pone, n. Etym: [Of Amer. Indian origin.]

Definition: A kind of johnnycake. [Written also paune.] [Southern U. S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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