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noun Chiefly South African.

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Words nearby mealie meal

Meadville, meager, meagre, meal, mealie, mealie meal, mealie pap, mealies, meal moth, meals on wheels, meal ticket

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How to use mealie meal in a sentence

Condiments were no longer available; mealie meal was withheld, and the soup had thus become thinner and less seasoned.
The Siege of Kimberley|T. Phelan
In the drum the meat, and also the mealie-meal porridge, was cooked.
Through Shot and Flame|J. D. Kestell.
The ration is biscuits and three ounces of mealie meal for porridge.
Ladysmith|H. W. Nevinson
Even the little Kaffir children have their stomachs filled with rice or mealie-meal pap and can roll in the sun and be happy.
Poppy|Cynthia Stockley

The "Bogobe," or bread, is made by pouring mealie meal into a pot of boiling water.
Basutoland|Minnie Martin

British Dictionary definitions for mealie meal

mealie meal

mielie meal

noun

Southern African finely ground maize

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