johnnycake en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From johnny, alteration of journey, + cake.
Meanings
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(US) A dense, baked or fried flatbread made of cornmeal.
Next mornin' I was up early and when the banker turned out I was fryin' a couple of slices of the pork and had some coffee b'ilin'. Likewise there was a pan of johnnycake in the oven.
1910, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter II, in The Depot Master:So he went away on his journey; and after he had travelled a far way, he met with an old woman that asked him if he would give her a bit of his johnny-cake.
1890, Joseph Jacobs, “The Red Ettin”, in English Fairy Tales, page 135:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| jonny cake | alternative | lexicographic | |
| johnny cake | alternative | lexicographic | |
| jonnycake | alternative | lexicographic | |
| johnnycakes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
mushbread (dense baked or fried flatbread) · pone (dense baked or fried flatbread) · Shawneecake (dense baked or fried flatbread) · cornpone (dense baked or fried flatbread) · New England cornbread (dense baked or fried flatbread) · battercake (dense baked or fried flatbread) · corncake (dense baked or fried flatbread) · hoecake (dense baked or fried flatbread) · ashcake (dense baked or fried flatbread) · journeycake (dense baked or fried flatbread)