hush puppy

hush puppy
Chiefly Southern U.S.
a small, unsweetened cake or ball of cornmeal dough fried in deep fat.
[1915-20, Amer.; allegedly so called because such cakes were fed to dogs to keep them from begging for scraps while other dishes were cooked]

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