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/ˈmiːli/ · noun
(South Africa) An ear or kernel of maize; in plural as mass noun: maize, corn..
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.
Use mealie when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mealie means (South Africa) An ear or kernel of maize; in plural as mass noun: maize, corn..
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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.
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