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corn·pone

or corn pone (kôrn′pōn′)

n. Chiefly Southern & Midland US

adj. Informal

Folksy and homespun, as in manner or speech: a penchant for cornpone humor; cornpone political prose.

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cornpone

(ˈkɔːnˌpəʊn)

(Cookery) Southern US cornbread, esp a plain type made with water. Sometimes shortened to: pone

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

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