mealies

mielies

/ (ˈmiːlɪz) /

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noun

(functioning as singular) a South African word for maize

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Words nearby mealies

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

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How to use mealies in a sentence

We ground our mealies in coffee mills if no other mills were available.
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War|Ben Viljoen.
The horse was tied to a pole inside the fence, and had evidently been eating his fill of mealies.
Forging the Blades|Bertram Mitford
Then food was brought in—the usual beef and roast mealies, and all took a hearty hand at the trencher.
Forging the Blades|Bertram Mitford
“It is war rations,” he said, as some dried meat and mealies stamped to a kind of flaky paste were produced.
The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley|Bertram Mitford

What better—what more nutritious food could they have given me than mealies?
Through Shot and Flame|J. D. Kestell.