Lexicographical Neighbors of Ashcakes
Literary usage of Ashcakes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Deluge: An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. A Sequel to by Henryk Sienkiewicz (1897)
"... of that sort of flour make ashcakes which smell of resin. Others go to the
seashore and devour whatever the waves throw up, besides fighting about it as ..."
2. Told by Uncle Remus: New Stories of the Old Plantation by Joel Chandler Harris, Arthur Burdett Frost, J. M. Condé, Frank Ver Beck (1905)
"Uncle Remus held out his hand as if he thought the little chap had the old times
and the ashcakes and the roasted potatoes in his pocket. ..."
3. The Works of Joel Chandler Harris by Joel Chandler Harris (1905)
"Uncle Remus held out his hand as if he thought the little chap had the old times
and the ashcakes and the roasted potatoes in his pocket. ..."
4. Negro Tales by Joseph Seamon Cotter (1912)
"ashcakes were never thought of again in that house, for Abraham's brother and
nephew, were/ rich, and they all lived as one family. ..."
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