mealie pap

British  

noun

1. mealie porridge

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Etymology

Origin of mealie pap

Afrikaans

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

“Well, his missis she bring him out a mealie pap pot wid lots in it yet, an’ some milk, an’ he tucks a fair ole little lot inside him.

From Old Hendrik's Tales by Vaughan, Arthur Owen