mealies

British

/ ˈmiːlɪz /

noun

(functioning as singular) a South African word for maize

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Mealies were harvested from the field when they were hard and dry.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

I meet us half-way in yonder immense field of potatoes, our worthy Season, and among these peacemakers, the Mealies and the Waxies, shall we two smoke together the calumet or cigar of reconciliation.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John

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