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Definition: Johnnycake |
JohnnycakeNoun1. Cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "johnnycake" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
Note: Johnnycake \John"ny*cake`\ (-k[=a]k`), noun. A kind of bread made of the meal of maize (Indian corn), mixed with water or milk, etc., and baked. [U.S.]. (references) |
Synonyms: JohnnycakeSynonyms: johnny cake (n), journey cake (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Johnnycake |
| English words defined with "johnnycake": hoecake ♦ Shawnee cake. (references) |
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 | Boxes of Kenyon's johnnycake cornmeal awaiting shipment. Usquepaugh, Rhode Island. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Removing corn cobs at Kenyon's johnnycake flour mill in Usquepaugh, Rhode Island. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The old water power. Kenyon's genuine Rhode Island johnnycake flour mill in Usquepaugh, Rhode Island. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Inside Kenyon's johnnycake flour mill in Usquepaugh, Rhode Island. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The old Kenyon's johnnycake flour mill in Usquepaugh is run by water power. The waterwheel is underneath the mill and by means of these two gears its power is brought into the mill. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | One of the corn bins at the Kenyon's johnnycake flour mill in Usquepaugh, Rhode Island. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Filling a sack with freshly-ground flour in Kenyon's johnnycake flour mill in Usquepaugh, Rhode Island. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Corn over the grinding stone in Kenyon's johnnycake flour mill in Usquepaugh, Rhode Island. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Weighing out pound boxes of pancake flour at Kenyon's johnnycake flour mill. Usquepaugh, Rhode Island. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Corn cobs in Kenyon's johnnycake flour mill in Usquepaugh, Rhode Island. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
johnnycake | 8 |
johnnycake recipe | 4 |
jog johnnycake | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "johnnycake"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Farsi | نوعی کیک یانان شیرمال(امر.). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ohnnycakejay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "johnnycake": johnnycakes. (additional references) | |
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"Johnnycake" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: johhnycake, Johncock, johnycake. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-j-k-n-n-o-y" | |
-3 letters: hackney, joyance. | |
-4 letters: ancone, anyone, canyon, chokey, hockey, honkey, jockey, johnny. | |
-5 letters: ancon, annoy, cajon, cakey, canny, canoe, canon, choke, choky, coney, conky, cyano, enjoy, hacek, hance, hanky, henna, hokey, honan, honey, honky, hyena, jacky, jenny, jokey, kench, nacho, nance, nancy, nonce, oaken, ocean. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-j-k-n-n-o-y" | |
+1 letter: johnnycakes. | |
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