hoecake

(kāk′)

noun

a thin bread made of cornmeal, orig. baked on a hoe at the fire

See hoecake in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Chiefly Southern U.S.
See johnnycake. See Regional Note at johnnycake.

Origin:

Origin: Possibly because it was sometimes baked on the blade of a hoe

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