Pone

Word PONE
Character 4
Hyphenation po ne pone
Pronunciations /ˈpəʊni/

Definitions and meanings of "Pone"

What do we mean by pone?

In old English law: A writ whereby an action depending in an inferior court might be removed into the Court of Common Pleas. noun

A writ whereby the sheriff was commanded to take security of a person for his appearance upon an assigned day. noun

In English and American card games, as bridge, the player who sits at the right of the dealer. See bridge. noun

Cornbread; in the southwestern United States, any bread made of Indian corn, especially coarse kinds used by the negroes and poorer whites, commonly called corn-pone; also, finer bread, made with milk and eggs, in flat cakes about an inch thick, very light and delicate. See johnny-cake, hoe-cake. noun

A loaf or cake of such bread. noun

In the game of vingt-et-un, the player to the left of the dealer; the eldest hand. noun

A kind of johnnycake. noun

An original writ, now superseded by the writ of certiorari, for removing a case from an inferior court into the Court of Exchequer. noun

An obsolete writ to enforce appearance in court by attaching goods or requiring securities. noun

The player who cuts the cards, being usually the player on the dealer's right. noun

A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts. noun

The last player to bet or play in turn. noun

A baked or fried cornbread (bread made of cornmeal), often made without milk or eggs. noun

Cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern) noun

A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.

A writ to enforce appearance in court by attaching goods or requiring securities.

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The word "pone" in example sentences

At the same time he would throw up his cards, or hand them to the player on the dealer's right, who is termed the pone, and whose duty it is to collect the cards as they are played and keep them in readiness for the dealer when he requires a further supply. ❋ W. H. Peel (N/A)

The bread in gentlemen's houses is generally made of wheat, but some choose the pone, which is the bread made of Indian meal. ❋ Unknown (1902)

"pone" -- two varieties of cornbread -- were regularly eaten at breakfast and dinner. ❋ Frederic Austin Ogg (1914)

If you don't have a child between 7 and 13 years old, you're probably furrowing your brow right now, wondering what the word "pone" could possibly mean. ❋ Mark Levine (2010)

According to urban lore, "pone" was coined by young fans of the boy band the Jonas Brothers who recently rocked Abu Dabhi in what was surely one of the stranger concerts in human history, or even -- so the Brothers are said to claim -- directly by them. ❋ Mark Levine (2010)

I think I sold like a thousand boxes or more... but I must admit I'm not into video games anymore... so I had no idea what "pone" meant. ❋ WENDEE HOLTCAMP (2009)

She had at this time only meal enough in her house to make one "pone" of bread. ❋ Various (N/A)

He will cheerfully eat fat bacon and "pone" corn-bread all the week [C] in order to indulge in unlimited soda-water, melon and fish at the end. ❋ Timothy Thomas Fortune (1892)

When the stock of bread is low this quickly-prepared corn bread or "pone" is a very good substitute for bread, and was frequently baked by Mary at the farm. ❋ Edith Matilda Thomas (1889)

Save that it was destitute of salt, it was quite a toothsome bit of nutriment for a hungry man, and I recommend my readers to try making a "pone" of this kind once, just to see what it was like. ❋ John McElroy (1887)

On many of those long, cold days, for all day, we had only a "pone" of corn bread. ❋ Booker T. Washington (1885)

Mix well together, knead into the form of a "pone," and let the pone stand awhile, -- not on its edge, but the other way. ❋ Unknown (1879)

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