johnnycake

Example Sentences

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Corny as johnnycake, folksy as a country fiddler, persuasive as a television pitchman, he is also both efficient and effective, and he can already count several considerable achievements in his brief Administration.

From Time Magazine Archive

But someone would usually slip a piece of hard bread, cheese, jerked beef, or salt fish and johnnycake in the pocket of his jacket as it hung on its hook.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

“Here you go,” said one of them, reaching out a hand and offering him johnnycake.

From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi

It took a moment for Jonathan to realize that he was being offered some more johnnycake.

From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi

There were andirons, a chimney crane for a pot, a dutch oven, and a sheet-iron shelf that could be pushed over the coals, on which the old man baked his johnnycake, or pan-bread.

From The Corner House Girls Snowbound by Hill, Grace Brooks