mealie meal
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Ms Malima sells Sadza, porridge made from maize "mealie meal" or millet, and a piece of chicken stew for $1 per plate to minibus drivers and other vendors.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2023
“In January, I would pay $10 U.S. to buy a pack of mealie meal, cooking oil, sugar and salt and this would push me through the month,” said Muyererwa, 28.
From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2022
She reserved the mealie meal for her eventual trip to Zimbabwe.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Before it got dark, she boiled water and added it to the leftover mealie meal.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
A week before, he came home to say that the company had offered employees to be paid either in Zim dollars or in cups of mealie meal.
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
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