spoonbread
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spoonbread (countable and uncountable, plural spoonbreads)
- (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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maize-based dish served in lieu of bread
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