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- noun Plural form of
hominy .
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Examples
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When a third swamp appeared before them, one of the Federal prisoners exclaimed, with tremendous indignation, "How many Chicken-hominies are there, I wonder, in this infernal country!"
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"The thing seems pretty well settled between you and your _gallant hominies_," growled Uncle Dan, trying to be severe.
A Venetian June Anna Fuller 1884
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"gallant hominies" was a figure in a sulphur shawl, with a cloud of
A Venetian June Anna Fuller 1884
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