anadama bread

[ an-uh-dam-uh bred ]

noun

1. a yeast-raised bread having cornmeal and molasses among its ingredients: a traditional food of colonial America.

Word History and Origins

Origin of anadama bread¹

First recorded in 1910–15; origin obscure; the various anecdotes ascribing it to a permutation of “Anna damn her” or “Anna's damn bread” are purely folk etymologies