mealie pap
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of mealie pap
Afrikaans
Example Sentences
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Breakfast consisted of mealie pap porridge, cereal made from maize or corn, which the general prisoners would slop in a bowl and then spin through the bars of our cells.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
We again received mealie pap porridge, sometimes with the odd carrot or piece of cabbage or beetroot thrown in — but one usually had to search for it.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
I don’t think I ever looked forward to eating cold mealie pap so much in my life.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
At 3 P.M., more than twelve hours after most of us had arrived, we were delivered a container of thin mealie pap and no utensils.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Our mealie pap has just the same smell.
From The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War by Boucher, W.
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