cou-cou

British  

/ ˈkuːkuː, ˈkʊkuː /

noun

1. a preparation of boiled corn meal and okras, stirred to a stiff consistency with a cou-cou stick , eaten in the Caribbean

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Etymology

Origin of cou-cou

of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

They also remembered Cou-cou, their last "king," who had settled down in a house with a blue-papered bedroom.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the Cou-Cou you pay for what you eat, not for what you order.

From Project Gutenberg

I have described the Cou-Cou as it was this night and as it has been all the nights during the past eight summers that I have been there.

From Project Gutenberg

Cordoba, Pedro de, 324 Corneille, 104 Costa, Michael, 163 Cou-Cou Restaurant, 125 et seq.,

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"Per Baccho!" quoth the inn-keeper for, it must be known, the Restaurant Cou-Cou is Italian by nature of its patron and its cooking.

From Project Gutenberg