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Noun: cornpone  'korn,pown
Usage: N. Amer
  1. Cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)
    - pone [N. Amer]
Adjective: cornpone  'korn,pown
Usage: US, informal
  1. Characteristic of rural life
    - countrified, countryfied, rustic, down-home [N. Amer, informal]
     
  2. Awkwardly simple and provincial
    - bumpkinly [informal], hick [N. Amer, informal], rustic, unsophisticated, desi [Asia]

Derived forms: cornpones

See also: provincial, rural

Type of: cornbread

Encyclopedia: Cornpone