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;

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Example Sentences

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hominy grits

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

They ate Missouri ham and hominy grits and sang the parody of Tipperary.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The consumer has been led to believe that ordinary cereals have a nutritive value superior to common foods such as bread, hominy grits, rice, spaghetti, baked beans, potatoes and pizza," he said.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

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

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