English Explanatory Dictionary

Anadama bread

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Anadama bread

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.

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