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- noun Plural form of
corndodger .
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Examples
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For a long time the corn for the "corndodgers" which they baked in the ashes, had to be ground by pounding, or in primitive hand-mills.
The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln Wayne Whipple 1899
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The men opened their packs and found bread they shared, brown pones that looked like the corndodgers my grandmother used to bake.
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The end of the table is set with a plate, knife, fork, drinking-cup, etc., for one person, and there are corndodgers in generous quantities, and a jug of molasses.
Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People Constance D'Arcy Mackay
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Her bread wus hard corndodgers; dat meat, I couldn 'chaw.
Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study Thomas Washington Talley
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Her bread wus hard corndodgers; dat meat, I couldn 'chaw.
Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study Thomas Washington Talley
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Captain Jeb knew nothing of cereals, but he had a big bowl of mush and a pitcher of golden cream; he had bacon and eggs frizzled to a charm; he had corndodgers and coffee that filled the air with fragrance, -- such coffee as old sailors look for about break of day after a middle watch.
Killykinick 1888
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Some fry little flat cakes of Indian meal, and cover the bottom of the dish with them before laying on the chicken; these are called corndodgers.
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Every cussed nigger -- and I had forty-three in all -- has left me and ran away but old George and two old wenches that can't run, and are good for nothin 'but to chaw corndodgers.'
Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac William H. Armstrong
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Dennis Hanks related of his young companion: "As far as food and clothing were concerned, the boy had plenty -- such as it was -- 'corndodgers,' bacon and game, some fish and wild fruits.
The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln Wayne Whipple 1899
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