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'simmon

'simmon noun: persimmon.

Noun

'simmon (plural 'simmons)

  1. (US, colloquial, dialectal) Persimmon.
    • "Persimmons, 'simmons, high up in the tree. Plenty enough for Stomach and plenty enough for me!" Hare yelled louder.2004 September 1, Coleen Salley, Why Epossumondas Has No Hair on His Tail, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN
    • Anthony Abercrombie (AL) described how persimmons were harvested: 'One day I went to dem same woods to get some 'simmons. Another nigger went wid me, and he clumb de tree to shake de 'simmons down whilst I be pickin' 'em up […] why den I makes 'simmon beer.2009 May 20 [????], Herbert C. Covey, Dwight Eisnach, What the Slaves Ate: Recollections of African American Foods and Foodways from the Slave Narratives, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN

Forms of 'simmon

plural'simmons
alternative formsimmon

Questions about 'simmon

What does 'simmon mean?
'simmon means persimmon.
What part of speech is 'simmon?
'simmon is a noun.
What is the plural of 'simmon?
The plural of 'simmon is 'simmons.

Words near 'simmon in the dictionary

  1. 'ship
  2. 'shroom
  3. 'shrooms
  4. 'shun
  5. 'sides
  6. 'simmon
  7. 'simmons
  8. 'skimo
  9. 'skimos
  10. 'snails
  11. 'specially

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