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Hoppin' John

Hoppin' John noun: a dish of rice and beans in the Southern United States, based on traditional West African dishes.

hoppin' john: a dish of rice and beans in the Southern United States, based on traditional West African dishes
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Noun

Hoppin' John (uncountable)

  1. (North Carolina, South Carolina) A dish of rice and beans in the Southern United States, based on traditional West African dishes.
    • A popular black-eyed pea dish mentioned in the narratives was Hoppin' John, a common and popular dish among slaves, especially east of the Mississippi (Taylor 1982). The one-pot meal of Hoppin' John is of African origin (Singleton 1991; Thurman 2000; Zanger 2003).2009, Herbert C. Covey, Dwight Eisnach, What the Slaves Ate, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 84
    • Thus, Hoppin' John is the South Carolina cousin to New Orleans's red beans and rice, Jamaica's peas and rice, Puerto Rico's arroz con gandules, and Cuba's moros y cristianos.2013, Adrian Miller, Soul Food, UNC Press Books, →ISBN, page 118

Questions about Hoppin' John

What does Hoppin' John mean?
Hoppin' John means a dish of rice and beans in the Southern United States, based on traditional West African dishes.
What part of speech is Hoppin' John?
Hoppin' John is a noun.

Words near Hoppin' John in the dictionary

  1. hoppets
  2. hoppier
  3. hoppiest
  4. hoppily
  5. hoppin'
  6. Hoppin' John
  7. hoppiness
  8. hopping
  9. hopping about
  10. hopping and popping
  11. hopping Dick

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