Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. South African An ear of corn.
- n. South African Corn; maize.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An ear of maize or Indian corn; specifically, in the plural, maize: as, a sack of mealies.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. an ear of corn
Etymologies
- From South African Dutch milie, mily ( > Afrikaans mielie), from obsolete Dutch milie ("millet, maize"), from Old French mil ("millet"). (Wiktionary)
- Afrikaans mielie, ultimately from Latin milium, millet (perhaps via Portuguese milho). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“But after a week's feeding on impoop, as they called the mealie-meal porridge which was their staple food at the mines, they began to pick up.”
“Each month after she received her pension, Gogo bought them a large bag of finely ground white cornmeal, called mealie meal, which was cooked into a stiff porridge called pap.”
“One of the staples of South Africa, for example, is the mealie, which is nothing more or less than our own”
“In other words, the decline was more rapid among staple foods (such as mealie meal) and less pronounced among refined foods.”
“Providing incentives, such as mealie-meal and food baskets and loans for income-generating activities, and lending a sympathetic ear to their plight will help boost the morale of caregivers and attract others to caregiving," states the report.”
“unjustified price increases", especially on basic commodities such as mealie-meal, cooking oil, sugar and bread.”
“Half of it consisted of red rye, the rest comprising 20% sugar waste, 20% mealie and 10% straw meal or foliage, resulting not just in malnutrition but deterioration of the digestive system.”
“Thy roebuck and thy stagehand, they comfort mealie.”
“Surely goofball and meringue shall follow mealie all the daytrippers of my lifespan, and Ibibio will dwell in the housedress of the Lorelei forever.”
“Thou preparest a tablet before mealie in the presence of mine engines;”
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Open List: The World of Corn
Corn-related words and phrases. This versatile crop is so important to cultures and economies - from most basic indigenous foodstuff and animal feed to source of biopolymer and biofuel.
seed corn, field corn, flint corn, sweet corn, biofuel, biopolymer, corn starch, modified corn starch, cornstarch, cornflour, polylactic acid, citric acid and 390 more...
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South African
kopje, voortrekker, baas, stoep, veldt, Vaal, kurveyor, lyer, mallemot, milkpox, namaqualite, overberg and 214 more...
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