Pronounced: KAW-full, noun
Notes: An unknown word to me
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
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