spoonbread

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Etymology

From spoon +‎ bread.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈspuːnbɹɛd/

Noun

spoonbread (countable and uncountable, plural spoonbreads)

  1. (Southern US) Bread made from corn and eggs, of a soft consistency such that it is served with a spoon.
    • 1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage, published 2004, page 303:
      Black folk ain't goin' to be free, they ain't goin' to have no spoonbread and sweet cider less'n they studies to love they own selves.

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