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cornpone
/ˈkɔnpəʊn/
noun 2
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1CORNPONE + NOUN
camouflage
Definitions
noun
1
A form of cornbread made without milk or eggs.
The Harvard man went back into the kitchen and sat down at a rickety table covered with a red-checked oil-cloth. On it were spread the spoiled ham, a dish of poke salad, a corn pone, and a pot of weak coffee.
2
Something or someone considered stereotypical of rural, Southern US attitudes or attributes.
Her southern accent was rich as molasses, and she really did, without affectation, call everyone ‘y'all’, but the cornpone was camouflage. A tough, clever mind was evident in her penetrating gaze […]
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noun — cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried
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The Harvard man went back into the kitchen and sat down at a rickety table covered with a red-checked oil-cloth. On it were spread the spoiled ham, a dish of poke salad, a corn pone, and a pot of weak
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Her southern accent was rich as molasses, and she really did, without affectation, call everyone ‘y'all’, but the cornpone was camouflage. A tough, clever mind was evident in her penetrating gaze […]
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