|
|
Definition of Ashcake
1. Noun. Corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern).
Definition of Ashcake
1. Noun. (US regional) johnnycake ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ashcake
1. a cornmeal cake [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ashcake
Literary usage of Ashcake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Coast of Bohemia: Poems by Thomas Nelson Page (1906)
"I 'm gwine to tell you— 'T was mons'us long ago: 'T was, "ashcake ... an' all on
us Use' ter call 'im jes', "ashcake," so. You see, suh, my ole Marster, ..."
2. An American Anthology, 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)
"An' ashcake swung bis cradle, too, As clean as ever you see; ... 'Twel one dark
night, when de river was out, De Marster an' ashcake Joe Was comin' home an' ..."
3. Befo' de War: Echoes in Negro Dialect by Armistead Churchill Gordon, Thomas Nelson Page (1888)
"An' ashcake swung his cradle, too, As clean as ever you see ; An' stuck as close
ter ole ... De Marster an' ashcake Joe Was comin' home an' de skiff upsot, ..."
4. Told by Uncle Remus: New Stories of the Old Plantation by Joel Chandler Harris, Arthur Burdett Frost, J. M. Condé, Frank Ver Beck (1905)
"He sot dar, he did, an' watch de chillun' eatin' der ashcake an' buttermilk ...
"Brer Dog ain't need no secon' invite — he des gobble up de ashcake 'fo' you ..."
5. Uncle Remus and His Friends: Old Plantation Stories, Songs, and Ballads by Joel Chandler Harris (1892)
"Ef he make any movement, it uz ter clinch de ashcake a leetle tighter. Den de
marster knock on de door ... His han' shake so he tu'n de ashcake loose. ..."
6. Thorns in the Flesh: A Romance of the War and Ku-Klux Periods : a Voice of by Nicholas Jackson Floyd (1884)
"Bless de chile—ashcake an' meat! Hongry for ash- cake an' meat! Oh, my po' ole
mistis ! But honey, it's all I's got to give you—de Lawd have messy 'pon us— ..."
Other Resources:
