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

For those wanting the nitty gritty, though, it's like this: the album was written in stops and starts in New York, posho holiday island Martha's Vineyard and Los Angeles.

From The Guardian • May 3, 2013

In addition to carrying the safari outfit, the porters must carry their posho, or cornmeal ration, and it is impossible for them to carry more than a limited number of days' rations.

From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by McCutcheon, John T.