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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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.
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
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 Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan
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
"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)
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