Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Indian-corn bread, made with milk and eggs, and baked in a pan. See
pone .
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Examples
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And finally, it seems pretty likely to me that Mayor Creepy waited till his little corn-pone was of legal age before he pounced ...
Kroger report on Adams imminent, sources say (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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"And finally, it seems pretty likely to me that Mayor Creepy waited till his little corn-pone was of legal age before he pounced ..."
Kroger report on Adams imminent, sources say (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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He must restrict himself to corn-pone opinions—at least on the surface.
One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010
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In an essay found in his papers and published in 1923, after his death, Mark Twain quotes a childhood friend on “corn-pone philosophy.”
One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010
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Though the picture has been considered a bit corn-pone and Gump-ian, I find it to be neither of these things, especially with dark Fincher at the helm.
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The basterds are led by Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), whose artificially heavy corn-pone accent suggests a road-company production o f "Li'l Abner."
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I'm tired of hearing John McCain's "My Friends," sick of Sarah Palin's phoney corn-pone accent, bored with Biden's too-wide smile does he wear a toup?
Archive 2008-10-01 Jan 2008
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I'm tired of hearing John McCain's "My Friends," sick of Sarah Palin's phoney corn-pone accent, bored with Biden's too-wide smile does he wear a toup?
Hola! Thoughts on Voting, Etc. Jan 2008
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Broadly speaking, there are none but corn-pone opinions.
Corn-pone opinions 2004
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And broadly speaking, corn-pone stands for self-approval.
Corn-pone opinions 2004
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