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[pohn] 
–noun South Midland and Southern U.S.
| 1. | Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal. |
| 2. | a loaf or oval-shaped cake of any type of bread, esp. corn bread. |
Origin:
1605–15, Americanism; < Virginia Algonquian (E sp.) apones, appoans, poan < Proto-Algonquian *apwa⋅n- thing roasted or baked, deriv. of *apwe⋅- to roast, bake
1605–15, Americanism; < Virginia Algonquian (E sp.) apones, appoans, poan < Proto-Algonquian *apwa⋅n- thing roasted or baked, deriv. of *apwe⋅- to roast, bake
pone
2 [pohn] –noun Cards.
| 1. | the player on the dealer's right. Compare eldest hand. |
| 2. | the player who opposes the dealer in a game with two players. |
Origin:
1885–90; < L pōne, 2nd person sing. impv. of pōnere to place
1885–90; < L pōne, 2nd person sing. impv. of pōnere to place
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| john·ny·cake also jon·ny·cake (jŏn'ē-kāk') n. New England & Upper Midwest Cornmeal bread usually shaped into a flat cake and baked or fried on a griddle. Also called regionally ashcake, batter bread, battercake, corn cake, cornpone, hoecake, journey cake, pone, Shawnee cake. [Perhaps by folk etymology from jonakin.] When the Native Americans showed the Pilgrims how to cook with maize, they must have taught them to make johnnycake, a dense cornmeal bread whose thick batter is shaped into a flat cake and baked or fried on a griddle. Johnnycake, also spelled jonnycake and also called journey cake and Shawnee cake, is a New England specialty, especially in Rhode Island, where it is celebrated by the Society for the Propagation of Johnny Cakes. The Usquepaugh, Rhode Island, Johnnycake Festival features johnnycakes made of white Indian corn called flint corn. Outside New England the name johnnycake is best known in the Upper Midwest, but the food itself is most popular in the South and South Midland states, where it is known as ashcake, batter bread, battercake, corn cake, cornpone, or hoecake. The color of the cornmeal, the consistency of the batter, the size of the cake, and the cooking method can vary from region to region. For example, an ashcake, according to a Georgia informant, is "made by wrapping cornbread batter in cabbage leaves and burying it gently at the back of the fireplace" (Dudley Clendinen). |
| pone (pōn) n. Chiefly Southern U.S. See johnnycake. See Regional Notes at johnnycake, light bread. [Virginia Algonquian poan, appoans, cornbread.] A staple of the early American colonies from New England southward to Virginia was pone, a bread made by Native Americans from flat cakes of cornmeal dough baked in ashes. Pone is one of several Virginia Algonquian words (including hominy and tomahawk) borrowed into the English of the Atlantic seaboard. The word pone, usually in the compound cornpone, is now used mainly in the South, where it means cakes of cornbread baked on a griddle or in hot ashes—as the Native Americans originally cooked it. |
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Pone
Po"ne\ (p[=o]"n[=e]), n. [L. pone, imper. of ponere to place.]1. (a) An original writ, now superseded by the writ of certiorari, for removing a case from an inferior court into the Court of Exchequer. (b) An obsolete writ to enforce appearance in court by attaching goods or requiring securities. 2. (pron. p[=o]n) (Card Playing) The player who cuts the cards, being usually the player on the dealer's right.Pone
Pone\ (p[=o]n), n. [Of Amer. Indian origin.] A kind of johnnycake. [Written also paune.] [Southern U. S.]
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Language Translation for : pone
Spanish:
señor, caballero,
German:
(mein) Herr,
Japanese:
～様
pone
1634, "American Indian bread," earlier appone, ponap (1612), from Algonquian (Powhatan) apan "something baked," from apen "she bakes." Later used in Southern U.S. for any type of cornbread.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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