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pone

 (pōn)
n. Chiefly Southern US
See johnnycake.
[Virginia Algonquian poan, appoans, cornbread.]
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pone

(pəʊn)
n
1. (Cookery) Also called: pone bread or cornpone bread made of maize
2. (Cookery) a loaf or cake of this
[C17: from Algonquian; compare Delaware apán baked]

pone

(pəʊn; ˈpəʊnɪ)
n
(Card Games) cards the player to the right of the dealer, or the nondealer in two-handed games
[C19: from Latin: put!, that is, play, from ponere to put]
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pone

(poʊn)

n. South Midland and Southern U.S.
a loaf or oval-shaped cake of any type of bread, esp. corn bread.
[1605–15, Amer.; < Virginia Algonquian (E sp.) apones, appoans, poan]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.pone - cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)pone - cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)
cornpone
cornbread - bread made primarily of cornmeal
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pone

[pəʊn] N (US) → pan m de maíz
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pone

n (US) → Maisbrot nt
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Mix well together, knead into the form of a "pone," and let the pone stand awhile--not on its edge, but the other way.
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They built a fire against the side of a great log twenty or thirty steps within the sombre depths of the forest, and then cooked some bacon in the frying-pan for sup- per, and used up half of the corn "pone" stock they had brought.
When the last crisp slice of bacon was gone, and the last allowance of corn pone devoured, the boys stretched themselves out on the grass, filled with contentment.
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Good, plain, common cookin', Jinny'll do;--make a good pone o' bread,--bile her taters far,--her corn cakes isn't extra, not extra now, Jinny's corn cakes isn't, but then they's far,--but, Lor, come to de higher branches, and what can she do?
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Haq parast councilors headed by vice chairman Fareed Ahmed and PPP councilors were also reached in Jinnah hall but with order of CMO special meeting was announced post pone.
Present no confidence move against chairman was postponed by CMO
Meanwhile, three armed dacoits were deprived Rashid of cash and mobile pone in Mumtazabad area.
Citizens deprived of valuables
Pone a las revistas cientificas colombianas a competir con los grandes "journals" anglosajones o arios, que tienen recursos economicos infinitos, y vastas plantas editoriales, competencia en la cual siempre saldran perdiendo.
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The MoU was signed by HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, managing director and CEO of DEWA, and Carlos Pone, CEO for ABB in the United Arab Emirates.
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