mealie pap

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noun

Southern African mealie porridge

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Word Origin for mealie pap

Afrikaans

Words nearby mealie pap

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

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How to use mealie pap in a sentence

A Kaffir lives on mealie-pap, varied by an occasional cow's head.
Ladysmith|H. W. Nevinson
"Mealie-pap" without milk was bad enough; minus sugar it was unthinkable.
The Siege of Kimberley|T. Phelan
They consisted of meat and 'mealie-pap' morning, noon, and night, often for weeks without salt.
On Commando|Dietlof Van Warmelo
Even "mealie-pap," ad lib., we had perforce to forego; the "Law" allowed it but once a day.
The Siege of Kimberley|T. Phelan

It lived on a little mealie pap and odd bits of roaster-cakes that were thrown to it as though it were a dog.
The Dop Doctor|Clotilde Inez Mary Graves