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pone

1

[ pohn ]

noun

South Midland and Southern U.S.
  1. Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
  2. a loaf or oval-shaped cake of any type of bread, especially cornbread.


pone

2

[ pohn ]

noun

Cards.
  1. the player on the dealer's right. Compare eldest hand.
  2. the player who opposes the dealer in a game with two players.

pone

1

/ əʊ /

noun

  1. Also calledpone breadcorn pone bread made of maize
  2. a loaf or cake of this
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pone

2

/ ˈəʊɪ; əʊ /

noun

  1. cards the player to the right of the dealer, or the nondealer in two-handed games
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of pone1

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

Origin of pone2

1885–90; < Latin ōԱ, 2nd person singular imperative of ōԱ to place
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of pone1

C17: from Algonquian; compare Delaware á baked

Origin of pone2

C19: from Latin: put!, that is, play, from ponere to put
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She always makes Liberian food: pepper chicken, spicy and laden with herbs and garlic; jollof rice done the Liberian way, with chicken, fish and pork; rice bread; and sweet potato pone.

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The reference to corn pone or any other similarly American dish was quickly dropped, and "as American as apple pie" began to flourish, even being used to describe lynching by author Frank Shay.

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African-Americans would make unleavened pone, corn fritters or even hoecakes.

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Their shop has a split personality: In the front, you’ll find all sorts of pastries and breads: currant rolls, butter bread, coconut drops, cassava pone, coconut-and-pineapple tarts and much more.

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The Department of Homeland Security is worried about face masks Although NIST’s report doesn’t cover one-to-many systems, these are generally considered more error pone than one-to-one algorithms.

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