mealie-mealn.
/ˈmiːlɪmiːl/, U.S. /ˈmiliˌmil/, South African English /ˈmiːlimiːl/ South African.
1. Maize meal or flour.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > other meals
rye mealc1300
amydonc1440
summer meal?a1513
linseed-meal1599
nocake1634
pinole1648
farinha1726
acorn meal1730
salep1736
corn-meal1782
manna croup1843
mealie-meal1846
rokeag1848
plantain meal1871
boermeal1873
crème de riz1896
unga1896
1846 Natal (Pietermaritzburg, S. Afr.) Witness 10 July 2/2 Market Intelligence... Mealie Meal, 7s. 6d. per muid.
1882 C. Du Val With Show through Southern Afr. II. 198 A forward jerk of the bullocks toppled it over..the Boer tobacco-rolls..and a large bag of meali meal being liberally distributed over the adjacent ‘Veld’.
1928 J. W. N. Moller What every Housewife should Know 67 In making cakes or biscuits for which rice flour is asked—and is not to hand, try mealie meal.
1988 T. Dangarembga Nervous Conditions iii. 39 We waited for the sadza to thicken, pouring in more mealie-meal when it had.
2. More fully mealie-meal pap, mealie-meal porridge. Porridge made from maize meal.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > porridges > [noun]
polentaOE
papelotec1400
pottagea1500
crowdy-mowdy?a1513
drowsen1519
pease porridge?1548
plum pottage1574
sowens1582
grout1587
orgementa1590
plum porridge1591
loblolly1597
pease pottage1600
girt-brew1620
washbrew1620
lentil-porridge1622
hominy1630
porridgea1643
samp1643
nettle-pottage1659
nettle-porridge1661
crowdie1668
suppawn1670
mush1671
rockahominy1674
stirabouta1691
praiseach1698
sagamité1698
brochan1700
atole1716
burgoo1750
purry1751
fungee1789
pepper porridge1803
kasha1808
mamaliga1808
skilligalee1819
bean-porridge1821
skilly1839
sap porridge1842
corn-mush1846
oatmeal mush1850
pap1858
ugali1860
oatmeal1873
mealie-meal1880
mealie-pap1880
uji1889
sadza1899
nsima1907
putu papa1910
posho1927
putu1949
ogi1957
whey-porridge-
1880 E. F. Sandeman Eight Months in Ox-waggon 20 I was able to work from sunrise to sunset,..often with no more strengthening food to work on than mealie-meal pap.
1882 S. M. Heckford Lady Trader in Transvaal 178 Mr Higgins told me..that I could feed my Kaffirs on nothing but mealea meal.
1893 Westm. Gaz. 10 Oct. 2/1 Their staple diet then being ‘mealie’ meal porridge made with water.
1925 L. P. Greene in Adventure 10 Sept. 99/2 Eating sloppy mealie-meal three times a day.
1974 G. Jenkins Bridge of Magpies iii. 51 A slovenly breakfast of half-burnt mealie-meal porridge and boiled penguin eggs.
1985 E. Kuzwayo Call me Woman i. i. 8 The food in such a home is mainly mealie-meal (maize porridge), one vegetable a week, fresh or sour milk every other day.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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