Pone
[pohn] /poʊn/
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 corn bread.
[pohn] /poʊn/
noun, Cards.
1.
the player on the dealer’s right.
Compare .
2.
the player who opposes the dealer in a game with two players.
/pəʊn/
noun (Southern US)
1.
Also called pone bread, corn pone. bread made of maize
2.
a loaf or cake of this
/pəʊn; ˈpəʊnɪ/
noun
1.
(cards) the player to the right of the dealer, or the nondealer in two-handed games
n.
1630s, “American Indian bread,” earlier appone, ponap (1610s), from Powhatan (Algonquian) apan “something baked,” from apen “she bakes.” Later used in Southern U.S. for any type of cornbread.
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