posho
Britishnoun
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corn meal
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payment of workers in foodstuffs rather than money
Etymology
Origin of posho
from Swahili
Example Sentences
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As Camilla Parker Bowles, Fennell plays a character with an upbringing she’s familiar with — “I’m basically playing a chain-smoking posho standing in a corner making cutting remarks,” she said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2020
And it can also be found virtually everywhere, sometimes going by a variety of other regional names: sembe, ngima, kuon, obokima, posho, to name just a few.
From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2015
So the director thought she was a Cambridge posho?
From The Guardian ● Jul. 7, 2013
She is 24 and stars in this production as Eliza Doolittle, the Edwardian cockney whose remoulding from grimy aitch-dropper to queenly posho drives the musical's plot.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 13, 2013
"Six rupees a month and posho," he said promptly.
From The Ivory Trail by Talbot Mundy
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