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pone

Pronunciation: /pəʊn/
(also corn pone or pone bread)
Definition of pone

noun

[mass noun] US
  • unleavened maize bread in the form of flat oval cakes or loaves, originally as prepared with water by North American Indians and cooked in hot ashes: she used to come into town weekly to sell her pone

Origin:

Algonquian, 'bread'

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