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suppawn

American  
[suh-pawn] / səˈpɔn /

noun

Hudson Valley.
  1. cornmeal mush.


Etymology

Origin of suppawn

1785–95, < New York Dutch suppaen, sapaen < Munsee Delaware nsá·pa·n; see samp

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Montgomery would never touch suppawn if it were scorched: therefore, she need carry him none of it.

From The Brass Bound Box by Diantha W. Horne

She tried to coax me, with atrocious grins and nods, to eat the smoking suppawn.

From The Blunders of a Bashful Man by Metta Victoria Fuller Victor

These were short, fat men, wearing exceeding large trunk-breeches, and are renowned for feats of the trencher; they were the first inventors of suppawn, or mush and milk….

From Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers by Benj. N. Martin

Many of the foods made from maize retained the names given in the aboriginal tongues, such as hominy, suppawn, pone, samp, succotash; and doubtless the manner of cooking is wholly Indian.

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Alice Morse Earle

In the shape of porridge the corn is called suppawn.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 384, August 8, 1829 by Various

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