1. a type of cornbread made without milk or eggs, typically baked or fried
Usage: Southern U.S.

1. unsophisticated or overly folksy in a way that seems artificial
Usage: informal

Examples

• Grandma served hot cornpone with butter and honey.
• The old recipe called for cornpone instead of regular bread.
• We cooked cornpone in a cast iron skillet over the fire.
• His cornpone humor didn’t go over well with the city audience.
• The politician’s cornpone act seemed forced and insincere.
• She rejected the cornpone image in favor of a more polished style.