anadama bread

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(an′ə damə)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
an•a•dama bread′  (an′ə damə),USA pronunciation 
  1. Fooda yeast-raised bread having corn meal and molasses among its ingredients: a traditional food of colonial America.
  • 1910–15; origin, originally obscure; the various anecdotes ascribing it to a permutation of "Anna damn her'' or "Anna's damn bread'' are purely folk etymologies


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