lilipin.
/ˈlɪlᵻpi/, U.S. /ˈlɪləpi/, New Zealand English /ˈlɪləpi/ Chiefly New Zealand History.
(See quot. 1861.) In quot. 1830, from a West African context, lilipee may be some other word.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > food made with flour > [noun] > flour and water
bleary1812
lilipi1860
1830 H. Crow Mem. ix. 146 For the sick we provided strong soups and middle messes, prepared from mutton, goats'-flesh, fowls, &c. to which were added sago and lilipees.
1860 Taranaki Punch 1 iv. 8 Something..that, although it is not lilipi yet, when pronounced by our old friend.., sounds very like it, namely ‘lilly pay’.
1861 J. von Haast Rep. Topogr. & Geol. Explor. Nelson Province i. 22 [We confined] ourselves to a small pot of lillipe (or boiled flour) twice a day.
1874 L. J. Kennaway Crusts 147 The poor children..lived principally on heavy bread and ‘lillippee’, (a mixture nothing more nor less than paper-hanging paste).
1880 J. C. Crawford Recoll. Trav. N.Z. & Austral. 99 One old lady..presented us with a dish of lillipee, which is simply flour and water.
1915 J. Hay Reminisc. Earliest Canterbury i. 34 They [sc. the Maoris] were very fond..of wheat and sugar boiled together, to which they gave the name of ‘Lilipu’.
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