posho

British  

/ ˈpɔʃɔ /

noun

1. corn meal

2. payment of workers in foodstuffs rather than money

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Etymology

Origin of posho

from Swahili

Example Sentences

As Camilla Parker Bowles, Fennell plays a character with an upbringing she’s familiar with — “I’m basically playing a chain-smoking posho standing in a corner making cutting remarks,” she said.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2020

With a delivery best approximated as a living checklist of stroke warnings, his bumbling posho shtick almost resembles buffering, a kind of 3G Wodehouse.

From The Guardian • Dec. 7, 2019

And it can also be found virtually everywhere, sometimes going by a variety of other regional names: sembe, ngima, kuon, obokima, posho, to name just a few.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2015

So the director thought she was a Cambridge posho?

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2013

"Six rupees a month and posho," he said promptly.

From The Ivory Trail by Mundy, Talbot