stamp, noun

/stæmp/
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Elliptical for Afrikaans stampmielies, stamp crush(ed) + mielies maize; or from stamp verb.
noncount
In full stamp mielies /- miːliːz//ˈstamp milis/, also occasionally stamp mealies [see mealie] samp.
1923 S. Afr. Pioneer Dec. 143All partook freely of the feast of meat and stamp.
1952 L.G. Green Lords of Last Frontier 79We now live well and keep strong on stamp mealies from Oorlog’s place.
1973 D.A.C. Maclennan in Bolt No.7, 6They have, between them, two saucepans, some jam tins and a few small cloth bags of food, stamp-mielies, coffee and sugar.
1976 J. McClure Rogue Eagle 112The price of mealie stamp in Maseru.
1977 E. Prov. Herald 18 Nov. 10The Xhosas on the farms..kept their milk in calabashes and left it to sour. This was a staple diet for the family together with their stamp mielies and beans.
1987 G. Davis in Weekly Mail 5 June 3The family’s staple diet was ‘sweet water, bread and stamp mielies’.
1991 D. Qoloza in Weekly Mail 12 Mar. 8Tonight we’ll go and make a camp in the bush and then we’ll go and look for bread, rice, porridge and stamp mielies that people throw into their rubbish bins.
In full stamp mielies /- miːliːz//ˈstamp milis/, also occasionally stamp mealies samp.
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staffriding, verbal nounvbl n.stamp, verb transitivev.
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