pone

[ pohn ]

/ poʊn /

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noun South Midland and Southern U.S.

Also called pone bread . a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.

a loaf or oval-shaped cake of any type of bread, especially cornbread.

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Origin of pone

An Americanism dating back to 1605–15; from Virginia Algonquian (English spelling) apones, appoans, poan, from Proto-Algonquian apwa·n (unattested) “thing roasted or baked”

Words nearby pone

Pondoland, pond scum, pond-skater, pond snail, pondweed, pone, pong, ponga, pongee, pongid, Pongidae

Other definitions for pone (2 of 2)

pone²

[ pohn ]

/ poʊn /

noun Cards.

the player on the dealer's right.Compare eldest hand.

the player who opposes the dealer in a game with two players.

Origin of pone

1885–90; <Latin pōne, 2nd person singular imperative of pōnere to place

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How to use pone in a sentence

I des wish you look at dat pone er co'n-bread, honey, en dem ar greens, en see ef dey aint got Remus writ some'rs on um.
Nights With Uncle Remus|Joel Chandler Harris
The supper was a simple one, consisting of corn pone and buttermilk, bacon and scrambled eggs.
The Carter Girls' Week-End Camp|Nell Speed
Some of the boys, whose hunger was chronic, would begin on theirs and never stop until the last pone had been eaten.
Under the Stars and Bars|Walter A. Clark
A fire was lighted, and each hunter displayed his pone of bread, along with a flask of whiskey.
Audubon and his Journals, Vol. 2|Maria R. Audubon

He enjoyed the breakfast of very hard corn pone and bacon, and took out his beloved watch.
The Boy from Hollow Hut|Isla May Mullins

British Dictionary definitions for pone (1 of 2)

pone¹

/ (pəʊn) /

noun Southern US

Also called: pone bread, corn pone bread made of maize

a loaf or cake of this

Word Origin for pone

C17: from Algonquian; compare Delaware apán baked

British Dictionary definitions for pone (2 of 2)

pone²

/ (pəʊn, ˈpəʊnɪ) /

noun

cards the player to the right of the dealer, or the nondealer in two-handed games

Word Origin for pone

C19: from Latin: put!, that is, play, from ponere to put

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