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Samp
SAMP
,Noun.
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samp
samp
See also: sAMP
English
Buckets containing samp
Noun
samp (plural samps)
- (chiefly US) An article of food consisting of coarse ground maize, or a porridge made from it.
- 1882, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 50, page 549,
- The meal, coarse or fine, is then used for samps, mushes, or batters, and cakes, thick or thin, and of many varieties and degrees of wholesomeness.
- 1975, Sheila Roberts, Outside Life's Feast: Short Stories, page 18,
- 'You kids have everything but you don't appreciate it. Mom must cook you beans and samps. Do you hear? Just beans and samps. That's all. Beans and samps.'
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, page 44,
- We remained in class until 12.45, and then had a lunch of samp, sour milk and beans, seldom meat.
- 2004, Louise Cabral, A Pageant of Shadows, page 327,
- Abigail taught her the use of the samp mortar. Samp was corn broken into coarse grains and boiled as porridge.
- 2005, Fran Osseo-Asare, Food Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa, page 74,
- In the area of cuisine, the Xhosa have contributed many corn recipes, most famously samp and beans (umngqusho).
- 1882, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 50, page 549,
Anagrams
Quiripi
Noun
samp
- (Unquachog) hominy
References
- 1791, Thomas Jefferson, A vocabulary of the Language of the Unquachog Indians