Pone

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈpəʊni/
• US enPR: pōʹnÄ“, IPA: /ˈpoÊŠni/
• Homophones: pony

From Anglo-Norman pone and its source, Late Latin pone, from Latin pōne, imperative form of pōnere ("to place").

Full definition of pone

Noun

1. (legal, historical) A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /pəʊn/

From Powhatan apones, appoans ("bread"). Compare Abenaki abôn ("bread").

Noun

1. (Southern US) A baked or fried cornbread (bread made of cornmeal), often made without milk or eggs.
• 1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage 2004, p. 11:‘Maybe you could fetch me just a little piece of pone,’ I said, pleading, thinking: Big talk will fetch you nothing but nigger talk might work.

Derived terms

• corn pone

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈpəʊni/
• US enPR: pōʹnÄ“, IPA: /ˈpoÊŠni/
• Homophones: pony

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Noun

1. (cards, chiefly US) The last player to bet or play in turn.

Anagrams

• nope, Nope, open, peon