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cornpone

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corn·pone or corn pone  (kôrn pn)
n. Chiefly Southern & Midland U.S.
See johnnycake. See Regional Notes at johnnycake, light bread, pone.
adj. Informal
Folksy and homespun, as in manner or speech: a penchant for cornpone humor; cornpone political prose.
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Noun1.cornpone - cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)cornpone - cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)
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cornbread - bread made primarily of cornmeal
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