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pone
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pone has 1 sense
- pone(n = noun.food) cornpone - cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern); Array is a kind of cornbread
CIDE DICTIONARY
pone, n. [Of Amer. Indian origin.].
A kind of johnnycake. [1913 Webster]
pone, n. [L. pone, imper. of ponere to place.].
- An original writ, now superseded by the writ of certiorari, for removing a case from an inferior court into the Court of Exchequer. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- The player who cuts the cards, being usually the player on the dealer's right. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pone, n. US 1 unleavened maize bread, esp. as made by N. American Indians.
2 a fine light bread made with milk, eggs, etc.
3 a cake or loaf of this.
2 a fine light bread made with milk, eggs, etc.
3 a cake or loaf of this.
pone, n. the dealer's opponent in two-handed card games.
Etymology
L, 2nd sing. imper. of ponere place
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