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Hominy food
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grits
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 (plural of grit English) ('hulled oats') 2 (context Western Hemisphere English) Coarsely ground hominy which is boiled and eaten, primarily in the Southern United States. Etymology 2 n. (plural of grit English) vb. (en-third-person singular ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
plural of grit "coarsely ground grain," Old English grytt (plural grytta ) "coarse meal, groats, grits," from Proto-Germanic *grutja- , from the same root as grit , the two words having influenced one another in sound development.\n \nIn American English, ...
Usage examples of grits.
They gets the company fare of pinto beans and grits and cornmeal and either canned tomatoes or canned peaches.