Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anadama bread

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: anadama bread
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional yeast bread of New England, made with wheat flour, cornmeal, molasses and sometimes rye flour.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"An amusing story of the origin of Anadama Bread relates—The name Anadama comes from a New England fisherman whose lazy wife always served him corn meal mush and molasses for dinner ... Tired of it, he mixed it with flour and yeast and baked it as bread, saying: "Anna damn her.""
"As a compromise, I purchased cornmeal at the PX and made anadama bread."
"Made some anadama bread yesterday. It's over on the counter."

Etymology

Unknown. Anadama bread has been an etymological puzzle for a long time. Dare cites Dialect Notes (1915), and states etymology unknown. John Mariani's Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink also states that the term dates in print from 1915. The often-given etymology, "Anna, damn her!", is certainly apocryphal.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does anadama bread mean?: A traditional yeast bread of New England, made with wheat flour, cornmeal, molasses and sometimes rye flour.
Where does anadama bread come from?: Unknown. Anadama bread has been an etymological puzzle for a long time. Dare cites Dialect Notes (1915), and states etymology unknown. John Mariani's Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink also states that the term dates in print from 1915. The often-given etymology, "Anna, damn her!", is certainly apocryphal.

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