hoe·cake (h  k k )n. Chiefly Southern U.S. See johnnycake. See Regional Note at johnnycake. [Possibly because it was sometimes baked on the blade of a hoe.] |
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| Noun | 1. | hoecake - thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal; originally baked on the blade of a hoe over an open fire (southern) cornmeal, Indian meal - coarsely ground corn johnny cake, johnnycake, journey cake - cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England) South - the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line |
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