posho

British  

/ ˈpɔʃɔ /

noun

1. corn meal

2. payment of workers in foodstuffs rather than money

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Etymology

Origin of posho

from Swahili

Example Sentences

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

With a delivery best approximated as a living checklist of stroke warnings, his bumbling posho shtick almost resembles buffering, a kind of 3G Wodehouse.

From The Guardian

Maize is not only a common dish in most households in Kenya but it is also a familiar food across east, central and southern Africa, going by different names such as nshima, sima, sadza, mealie meal or posho.

From BBC

I’ve seen excitingly accented friends have similar trouble with Siri — their scouse, manc, or brummie brogue lost on the posho that lives inside my phone.

From The Verge

The 13 relatives share a one-bedroom house, and once a day they eat posho, a type of corn flour with beans, Nyahoza said.

From Washington Times