corn dodger

[ kawrn doj-er ]

noun

1. South Midland and Southern U.S. a small, usually oval cake made of cornmeal batter and baked or fried in a skillet.
2. Chiefly South Atlantic States and Eastern Virginia. a boiled dumpling made of cornmeal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of corn dodger¹

An Americanism dating back to 1830–35; origin uncertain, perhaps related to northern English dialect dodge “lump”

Example Sentences

Try the experiment of mixing whole corn meal with water and a little salt, and baking it into hard, crisp "corn dodgers."

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It is a kind of corn cake, Molly told me, the parent, so to speak, of the corn dodger, and the grandparent of hoecake.

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We sometimes had to live on Johnny cake and corn dodger, and sometimes our living was scant.

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Their food was of the plainest kind as far as bread went, corn dodger being the most common.

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Garnish chicken platter with slices of cold boiled ham or crisp bacon, and corn dodgers and you will have a typical "Old Dominion" dish.

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