mealies
Britishnoun
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As a wild boy, he had eaten crickets, ostrich eggs, prickly pears, green mealies and wild honey.
From Time Magazine Archive
My food consisted mainly of crickets, ostrich eggs, prickly pears, green mealies and wild honey.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The island was covered with greenery as far as she could see—not with ordinary forest plants, but with tomatoes, mealies, and bananas.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
“Well, I wouldn’t be in the village. I’d be at Zororo Mtoko’s house. I’d be stamping mealies for his three wives. They would be sitting indoors with pots of maheu.”
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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