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

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

From Project Gutenberg

One July night in Paris I had dinner with a certain lady at the Cou-Cou, followed by cognac at the Savoyarde.

From Project Gutenberg

This evening at the Cou-Cou then resembled any other evening.

From Project Gutenberg

The tables of the Restaurant Cou-Cou occupy nearly the whole of this tiny square, to which there are only two means of approach, one up the stairs from the city below, and the other from the Place du Tertre.

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