hoecake

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noun
Definitions
  • (dated) A type of cornbread or cornmeal cake, made with water and salt. It was originally baked before the fire or in the ashes on a type of iron pan called a hoe; in modern times, it is fried in cooking oil in a skillet.

Etymology

Compound from English hoe (promontory) + English cake.

Origin

English

cake

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