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johnny cake

johnny cake is the alternative form of johnnycake.

Meaning of johnnycake

Noun

johnnycake (plural johnnycakes)

  1. (US) A dense, baked or fried flatbread made of cornmeal.
    • So he went away on his journey; and after he had travelled a far way, he met with an old woman that asked him if he would give her a bit of his johnny-cake.1890, Joseph Jacobs, “The Red Ettin”, in English Fairy Tales, page 135
    Synonyms:
    ashcake, battercake, New England cornbread, corncake, cornpone, hoecake, journeycake, mushbread, pone, Shawneecake

Forms of johnny cake

pluraljohnny cakes

Questions about johnny cake

What is johnny cake the alternative form of?
Johnny cake is the alternative form of johnnycake.

Words near johnny cake in the dictionary

  1. Johnny Appleseed
  2. Johnny Appleseeds
  3. Johnny Armstrong
  4. johnny bag
  5. johnny bags
  6. johnny cake
  7. johnny cakes
  8. Johnny Canuck
  9. Johnny Canucks
  10. Johnny Citizen
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