corn dodger


noun

South Midland and Southern U.S. a small, usually oval cake made of corn bread and baked or fried hard in a skillet.
Chiefly South Atlantic States and Eastern Virginia. a boiled dumpling made of cornmeal.

Example sentences from the Web for corn dodger

  • The ham did not seem very good, the cabbage he could not eat, the corn-dodger choked him, he had no desire to wait for the pie.

    The End Of The World |Edward Eggleston