Definition of "corndodger" [corn•dodg•er]

• Chiefly Southern U.S. A small round cornmeal cake that is baked or fried. (noun)
• Chiefly Southern Atlantic U.S. A dumpling of cornmeal that is boiled or steamed. Also called regionally dodger. (noun)

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• "They don't have anything to eat but cabbage and corndodger, and they have to eat that out of tin pans."