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faspa

faspa noun: a light afternoon meal, observed in Mennonite tradition.

Noun

faspa

  1. A light afternoon meal, observed in Mennonite tradition.
    • [page 130] Tomorrow, a group of couples their age would come for “faspa.”
      [footnote] Afternoon lunch or tea. The word is possibly derived from “vespers.”
      [page 131] “You wait and see,” Franz said with a laugh, “those will be girls who will be left old maids! Why, what will people eat for faspa? I...2011, Milly Janzen Balzer, Heldin: Coming to Terms, Bloomington, Indiana: iUniverse
    • [page 60] “[…] Do you want something to eat?” ¶ “Oh sure, Mama. Nothing much, I had faspa at the farm. Maybe just some bread and ham and moos. […]”
    • [page 198] Faspa: Simple afternoon meal, often consisting of tweiback, cheese, jam, and cake.2005, Adele Dueck, Nettie’s Journey, Regina, Saskatchewan: Coteau Books, page 60

Origin of faspa

From Plautdietsch Faspa. Cognate to English vesper.

Questions about faspa

What does faspa mean?
Faspa means a light afternoon meal, observed in Mennonite tradition.
What part of speech is faspa?
Faspa is a noun.

Words near faspa in the dictionary

  1. Fason
  2. Fasons
  3. fasoracetam
  4. Fasos
  5. fasoulada
  6. faspa
  7. fassaite
  8. fassaites
  9. fassaitic
  10. Fassanian
  11. Fassbender

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