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☆ pone (pōn)

noun

  1. corn bread in the form of small, oval loaves
  2. such a loaf or cake

Etymology: Virginia Algonquian poan, appoans, apones

pone2 definition

pone (pō′nē)

noun

Now Rare in various card games, the player to the right of the dealer or, in two-handed games, the player who is not the dealer

Etymology: < L pone, imper. of ponere, to place: see position

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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