Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Northern US, Southern US)A johnnycake.

More definitions
  • corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern)

Origin

From ash + cake.

From ash + cake.

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Forms

plural: ashcakes
Singularashcake
Pluralashcakes

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern):ash cakecorn tash

Word family

1 related words
Relatedash cake

See also

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