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☆ johnny·cake (jän′ē kāk′)

noun

  1. a kind of thin, flat, corn bread baked on a griddle
  2. any corn bread

Etymology: altered (by assoc. with Johnny & cake) < north Eng dial jannock, johnnick, a bread of oatmeal or wheat flour < ME janok (< ? Jan, var. of Jo(h)n)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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