mealies
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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My food consisted mainly of crickets, ostrich eggs, prickly pears, green mealies and wild honey.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a wild boy, he had eaten crickets, ostrich eggs, prickly pears, green mealies and wild honey.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were scattered here and there among untidy stands of mealies, rioting pumpkin vines, and sweet potatoes.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Over the next few days she planted mealies, pumpkins, squash, tomatoes, peanuts, okra, and pieces of yam.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Nhamo went to the hozi, the communal storehouse, to fetch mealies.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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