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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A small deep-fried cornmeal cake. Southern-US
2. 2
   deep-fried cornbread ball (southern) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

corn dodgercorn-dodgerhush puppyhush puppy

Etymology

Perhaps because they were once thrown to hungry dogs to quieten them.

Related phrases

Slush Puppiedeep fried

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