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maizypop

maizypop noun: popcorn (snack food), especially with molasses.

Noun

maizypop (uncountable)

  1. (UK, obsolete) Popcorn (snack food), especially with molasses.
    • So here was Timothy McShanus deserting the baked meats, to say nothing of his convenient corner in the buffet, to go out and stare at a red shepherdess with picture books and maizypop to sell.1906 June–November, Max Pemberton, “The Diamond Ship. […]”, in Cassell’s Magazine, Illustrated, London; Paris; New York, N.Y.; Melbourne, Vic.: Cassell and Company, Limited, →OCLC, page 101, column 1
    • Refreshments at Hampstead diversified and mild; cockles, winkles, meat pies (miles of ’em)—coloured “Hy”talian pasty-looking little rainbows, green gooseberries shivery and sour, even to look at, ices, “Ole Tom’s” real “ole horiginal hokey,” nougat (not from Persia), maizypop, no end of drinks...1906 July 8, Emily Soldene, “London Week by Week”, in Evening News, number 12,198, Sydney, N.S.W., published 14 July 1906, →OCLC, page 7, column 3

Origin of maizypop

From maizy + pop, after popcorn and perhaps lollipop. Coined by its promoter Seymour W. Bonsall.

Questions about maizypop

What does maizypop mean?
Maizypop means popcorn (snack food), especially with molasses.
What part of speech is maizypop?
Maizypop is a noun.

Words near maizypop in the dictionary

  1. maizestarch
  2. maizey
  3. Maizhokunggar
  4. Maizuru
  5. maizy
  6. maizypop
  7. maj
  8. maj.
  9. maj. gen.
  10. maja blanca
  11. Majabhi

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