lye hominy

noun

1. hominy

Word History and Origins

Origin of lye hominy¹

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

Example Sentences

If he cooked sausage, you had it too; if he cooked ham, you got it too; if he cooked lye hominy, you got it; an' if he had puddin', you got some.

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Sometimes she would make a kettle of lye hominy, and this would last, with scarcely anything else, for an entire week.

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This was "lye hominy" in course of preparation—the succulent lye hominy dear to every Southern heart.

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Most times it was meat and bread wid turnip greens, lye hominy, milk, and butter.

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Had plenty to eat: Meat, bread, milk, lye hominy, horse apples, turnips, collards, pumpkins, and dat kind of truck.

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