Definition of "hoecake" [hoe•cake]

• Chiefly Southern U.S. See johnnycake. See Regional Note at johnnycake. (noun)

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• "This recipe is a take on the Southern hoecake, which is often made only with cornmeal."
• "Yes, mam, de spider got three legs dat it sets on en de griddle, dat what I makes dese little thin kind of hoecake on."
• "But they started to cook with it, beginning with native fry cake, which they called hoe bread or hoecake."