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Word entry · 8 letters

cornpone

Best crossword clue

"Southern skillet bread"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɔnpəʊn/Part of speech nounSorted cennooprStarts with CEnds with E1 clues
1C2O3R4N5P6O7N8E

Definitions

  1. cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)

Word origin

From corn + pone.

Used in a sentence

  • The Harvard man went back into the kitchen and sat down at a rickety table covered with a red-checked oil-cloth. On it were spread the spoiled ham, a dish of poke salad, a corn pone, and a pot of weak coffee.
  • Her southern accent was rich as molasses, and she really did, without affectation, call everyone ‘y'all’, but the cornpone was camouflage. A tough, clever mind was evident in her penetrating gaze […]

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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues

01Southern skillet bread8 letters

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