HUSH PUPPY


Meaning of HUSH PUPPY in English

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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .