coffle

Pronounced: KAW-full, noun

Notes: An unknown word to me

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Yesterday’s word

The word cornpone means (an an adjective) “rustic; folksy; countrified”. As a noun, it is “unleavened born bread, baked or fried”.

Background / Comments

This word is combination of the English word corn with the Virginia Algonquian word apones (bread)

First usage

This word was first used in the mid-1800s