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tomale

Tamale \Ta*ma"le\, n. [Written also tamal, tomale.] [Amer. Sp. tamal, of Mex. origin.] A Mexican dish made of crushed corn (cornmeal) mixed with minced meat, seasoned with red pepper, dipped in oil, and steamed.

Usage examples of "tomale".

One of our stretches in a day's drive was from beautiful Inverness on Tomales Bay, down the Olema Valley to Bolinas Bay, along the eastern shore of that body of water to Willow Camp, and up over the sea-bluffs, around the bastions of Tamalpais, and down to Sausalito.

Point Reyes Station to Tomales, to Bodega Bay, on to Stewarts Point, Gualala, and Mendocino.

One time we were out on Tomales Bay in a sailboat and we couldn't pump.

One time we were out on Tomales Bay in a sailboat and we couldn’t pump.