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jonnycake

jonnycake is the alternative spelling 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 jonnycake

pluraljonnycakes

Questions about jonnycake

What is jonnycake the alternative spelling of?
Jonnycake is the alternative spelling of johnnycake.

Words near jonnycake in the dictionary

  1. jonnock
  2. Jonny
  3. jonny cake
  4. jonny cakes
  5. Jonny-come-lately
  6. jonnycake
  7. jonnycakes
  8. jonokuchi
  9. Jonovich
  10. jonque
  11. jonques

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