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

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

This month the foods on the free list include pancake and whole wheat flour, corn meal and hominy grits, dry beans, potatoes, fresh vegetables, apples�all plentiful but hardly surplus.

From Time Magazine Archive

Having stated his position, Johnson returned to join Stevenson and Rayburn at a breakfast of Pecos cantaloupe, venison sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs, hominy grits and popovers.

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