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mealie

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈmiːli/Part of speech nounSorted aeeilmStarts with MEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. an ear of corn

Word origin

Borrowed from Afrikaans mielie, from obsolete Dutch milie (“millet, maize”), from Old French mil (“millet”).

Used in a sentence

  • The wants of a native living with his tribe and cultivating mealies or Kafir corn are confined to a kaross (skin cloak) or some pieces of cotton cloth.
  • At the other end of the veranda, on two deck-chairs planted side by side and looking away over the bush and the mealie fields, were Mr. Quest and Mr. Van Rensberg […]
  • My mother planted and harvested her own mealies.

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