Suppawn
//səˈpɔːn// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A porridge made from cornmeal; hasty pudding; mush. US, uncountable
"First of all came the Van Brummels, who inhabit the pleasant borders of the Bronx: these were short fat men, wearing exceeding large trunk-breeches, and were renowned for feats of the trencher; they were the first inventors of suppawn, or mush and milk."
Example
More examples"First of all came the Van Brummels, who inhabit the pleasant borders of the Bronx: these were short fat men, wearing exceeding large trunk-breeches, and were renowned for feats of the trencher; they were the first inventors of suppawn, or mush and milk."
Etymology
Probably from Massachusett/Narragansett saupan (“softened by water”) (whence also "samp").
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