hominy grits

American  

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. grits.

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hominy grits British  

plural noun

1. Often shortened to: grits.  finely ground hominy

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Etymology

Origin of hominy grits

1790–1800;

Example Sentences

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hominy grits

Please save us from a steady diet of the hot dog, New England boiled dinners and hominy grits, and from the boredom of hearing only our own colloquialisms.

From Time Magazine Archive

The snack usually comes to a huge portion of ham & eggs, with potatoes, hot biscuits, hominy grits and coffee on the side.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many of the rituals are similar: the hominy grits served at a black church breakfast in Oakland have their counterpart in the cassoulet laid on at a campaign meeting in Toulouse.

From Time Magazine Archive

William Edward Dodd, U. S. Ambassador to Germany, sent by airplane from Berlin to Moscow a package of hominy grits for silver-whiskered Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois recuperating from pneumonia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then his plate was put before him: hominy grits and a scrap of bacon.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin