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johnny cake

DEFINITIONS OF: johnny cake

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n cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England)

Synonyms:
johnnycake, journey cake
Types:
hoecake
thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal; originally baked on the blade of a hoe over an open fire (southern)
Shawnee cake
form of johnnycake
Type of:
cornbread
bread made primarily of cornmeal
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