pone

UK: /pəʊn/ US: /poʊn/ ,(pōn)

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pone¹ /poʊn/   n. [countable] [South Midland and Southern U.S.]

1. Dialect Terms a loaf or oval-shaped cake of any type of bread, esp. corn bread.

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pone¹  (pōn), n. [South Midland and Southern U.S.]

1. Dialect Terms Also called pone′ bread′. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
2. Dialect Terms a loaf or oval-shaped cake of any type of bread, esp. corn bread.

• Proto-Algonquian *apwa·n- thing roasted or baked, derivative of *apwe·- to roast, bake
• Virginia Algonquian (English spelling, spelled) apones, appoans, poan
• 1605–15, American.

pone²  (pōn), n. [Cards.]

1. Games the player on the dealer's right. Cf. eldest hand. 
2. Games the player who opposes the dealer in a game with two players.

• Latin pōne, 2nd person singular imperatire. of pōnere to place
• 1885–90

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pone / pəʊn/ noun

1. Also called: pone bread, cornpone bread made of maize

Etymology: 17th Century: from Algonquian; compare Delaware apán baked

pone / pəʊn ˈpəʊnɪ/ noun

1. the player to the right of the dealer, or the nondealer in two-handed games

Etymology: 19th Century: from Latin: put!, that is, play, from ponere to put