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hominy

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hom·i·ny  (hm-n)
n.
Hulled and dried kernels of corn, prepared as food by boiling.
[Short for Virginia Algonquian uskatahomen.]
hominy [ˈhɒmɪnɪ]
n
(Cookery) Chiefly US coarsely ground maize prepared as a food by boiling in milk or water
[probably of Algonquian origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hominyhominy - hulled corn with the bran and germ removed
edible corn, corn - ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
lye hominy - hominy prepared by bleaching in lye
pearl hominy - hominy prepared by milling to pellets of medium size
Translations
hominy [ˈhɒmɪnɪ] N (US) → maíz m molido


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In Paris he had purchased a bag of hominy at an establishment which called itself an American Agency, and at which the New York illustrated papers were also to be procured, and he had carried it about with him, and shown extreme serenity and fortitude in the somewhat delicate position of having his hominy prepared for him and served at anomalous hours, at the hotels he successively visited.
The American by James, Henry View in context
They had him to breakfast, they had him to dinner, they had him to supper; they kept him loaded up with hog and hominy, and warn't ever tired staring at him and wondering over him, and wishing they knowed more about him, he was so uncommon and romantic.
Tom Sawyer Detective by Twain, Mark View in context
Yet so far are we from simplicity and independence that, in Concord, fresh and sweet meal is rarely sold in the shops, and hominy and corn in a still coarser form are hardly used by any.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
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