Associations to the word «Johnnycake»

Wiktionary

JOHNNYCAKE, noun. (US) A dense, baked or fried flatbread made of cornmeal.

Dictionary definition

JOHNNYCAKE, noun. Cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats