pone

¹

[ pohn ]

noun

, South Midland and Southern U.S.

1. Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
2. a loaf or oval-shaped cake of any type of bread, especially cornbread.

pone

²

[ pohn ]

noun

, Cards.

1. the player on the dealer's right. Compare eldest hand.
2. the player who opposes the dealer in a game with two players.

pone

¹

/ ˈpəʊnɪ; pəʊn /

noun

1. cards the player to the right of the dealer, or the nondealer in two-handed games

pone

²

/ pəʊn /

noun

1. Also calledpone breadcorn pone bread made of maize
2. a loaf or cake of this

Word History and Origins

Origin of pone¹

An Americanism dating back to 1605–15; from Virginia Algonquian ( English spelling) apones, appoans, poan, from Proto-Algonquian apwa·n (unattested) “thing roasted or baked”

Origin of pone²

1885–90; < Latin pōne, 2nd person singular imperative of pōnere to place

Word History and Origins

Origin of pone¹

C19: from Latin: put!, that is, play, from ponere to put

Origin of pone²

C17: from Algonquian; compare Delaware apán baked

Example Sentences

She always makes Liberian food: pepper chicken, spicy and laden with herbs and garlic; jollof rice done the Liberian way, with chicken, fish and pork; rice bread; and sweet potato pone.

From New York Times

The reference to corn pone or any other similarly American dish was quickly dropped, and "as American as apple pie" began to flourish, even being used to describe lynching by author Frank Shay.

From Salon

African-Americans would make unleavened pone, corn fritters or even hoecakes.

From Salon

Their shop has a split personality: In the front, you’ll find all sorts of pastries and breads: currant rolls, butter bread, coconut drops, cassava pone, coconut-and-pineapple tarts and much more.

From Washington Post

The Department of Homeland Security is worried about face masks Although NIST’s report doesn’t cover one-to-many systems, these are generally considered more error pone than one-to-one algorithms.

From The Verge