| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| cornpone |
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| SYLLABICATION: | corn·pone |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  kôrn p n |
| VARIANT FORMS: | or corn pone |
| NOUN: | Chiefly Southern & Midland U.S. See johnnycake. See Regional Notes at johnnycake, light bread, pone. | | ADJECTIVE: | Informal Folksy and homespun, as in manner or speech: a penchant for cornpone humor; cornpone political prose.
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