Indian bread

[ in-dee-uhn bred ]

noun

1. cornbread.
2. tuckahoe ( def 1 ).

Indian bread

noun

1. another name for corn bread

Word History and Origins

Origin of Indian bread¹

An Americanism dating back to 1645–55

Example Sentences

So we felt at ease eating so-called Indian bread, a fungus that grows on trees, and prickly heath berries, which taste like apples, along the trail.

From Washington Post

Her mother managed the family’s small Indian bread shop, Monsoon Kitchens, in Gaithersburg, Md., where they live.

From Washington Post

There is the John Paratha, a three-egg omelet topped with bread crumbs to make it crispy and stuffed with mayonnaise, cheese, onion, tomato and coriander salad that is rolled up inside a soft Indian bread.

From New York Times

They had nothing to eat except a dozen puri, fried Indian bread, that she had prepared with leftover flour before they left.

From The Guardian

According to Martha Ackmann — author of the enjoyable and absorbing “These Fevered Days,” a top 10 list of Dickinson’s “pivotal moments” — the only “acclaim” she received during her lifetime “was winning second prize for her rye and Indian bread at the annual cattle show.”

From Washington Post