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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"Why, then, why shouldn't the south secede!" replied "mar," hastening to put on the tea-kettle, and then to mix up a corn dodger for her son's supper.
From Cudjo's Cave by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)
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 Street, Julian
His midday lunch was a corn dodger, which he carried in his pocket.
From Stories of Later American History by Gordy, Wilbur Fisk
Their food was of the plainest kind as far as bread went, corn dodger being the most common.
From Boys' and Girls' Biography of Abraham Lincoln by Shaw, James H.
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
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