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jonny cake

jonny 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 jonny cake

pluraljonny cakes

Questions about jonny cake

What is jonny cake the alternative form of?
Jonny cake is the alternative form of johnnycake.

Words near jonny cake in the dictionary

  1. jonkmanskas
  2. Jonna
  3. Jonno
  4. jonnock
  5. Jonny
  6. jonny cake
  7. jonny cakes
  8. Jonny-come-lately
  9. jonnycake
  10. jonnycakes
  11. jonokuchi

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