corn dodger
Americannoun
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South Midland and Southern U.S. a small, usually oval cake made of cornmeal batter and baked or fried in a skillet.
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Chiefly South Atlantic States and Eastern Virginia. a boiled dumpling made of cornmeal.
Etymology
Origin of corn dodger
An Americanism dating back to 1830–35; origin uncertain, perhaps related to northern English dialect dodge “lump”
Example Sentences
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It is a kind of corn cake, Molly told me, the parent, so to speak, of the corn dodger, and the grandparent of hoecake.
From Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street by Julian Street
Meanwhile Aunt Tish had spread a cloth on the table and set forth some cold corn dodger, a pitcher of foaming butter-milk, and a plate of cold corned beef.
From Mr. Opp by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
We sometimes had to live on Johnny cake and corn dodger, and sometimes our living was scant.
From Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission by Orson F. Whitney
His bread it was corn dodger, his beef I could not chaw; This was the kind of hash they fed me in the State of Arkansaw.
From Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by Various
Farewell to swamp angels, cane brakes, and chills; Farewell to sage and sassafras and corn dodger pills.
From Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by Various
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