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johnnycake

/ˈd͡ʒɑː.niːˌkeɪk/

johnnycake noun: a dense, baked or fried flatbread made of cornmeal.

johnnycake: a dense, baked or fried flatbread made of cornmeal
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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
    • Next mornin' I was up early and when the banker turned out I was fryin' a couple of slices of the pork and had some coffee b'ilin'. Likewise there was a pan of johnnycake in the oven.1910, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter II, in The Depot Master
    Synonyms:
    ashcake, battercake, New England cornbread, corncake, cornpone, hoecake, journeycake, mushbread, pone, Shawneecake

johnnycake meaning in Tamil and Bengali

johnnycake in Tamil

அப்ப ஏனம்

johnnycake in Bengali

সেঁকা, ভাজা চ্যাপ্টা রুটি

Synonyms of johnnycake

All synonyms of johnnycake

Forms of johnnycake

pluraljohnnycakes
alternative formjonnycake
alternative formjonny cake
alternative formjohnny cake

Origin of johnnycake

From johnny, alteration of journey, + cake.

Questions about johnnycake

What does johnnycake mean?
Johnnycake means a dense, baked or fried flatbread made of cornmeal.
What is johnnycake in Tamil?
Johnnycake in Tamil is அப்ப ஏனம். See Johnnycake meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is johnnycake?
Johnnycake is a noun.
How do you pronounce johnnycake?
Johnnycake is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɑː.niːˌkeɪk/ (US).
What is the plural of johnnycake?
The plural of johnnycake is johnnycakes.

Words near johnnycake in the dictionary

  1. Johnny-jump-ups
  2. Johnny-on-the-spot
  3. Johnny-on-the-spots
  4. Johnny-one-note
  5. Johnny-one-notes
  6. johnnycake
  7. johnnycakes
  8. Johnnys
  9. johnop
  10. johnops
  11. johns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: johnnycake (page history and authors); johnnycake (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); johnnycake (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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