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sepawn

sepawn is the archaic form of suppawn.

Meaning of suppawn

Noun

suppawn (countable and uncountable, plural suppawns)

  1. (US) A porridge made from cornmeal, similar to polenta; hasty pudding; mush.
    • First of all came the Van Brummels, who inhabit the pleasant borders of the Bronx: these were short fat men, wearing exceeding large trunk-breeches, and were renowned for feats of the trencher; they were the first inventors of suppawn, or mush and milk.1809, Knickerbocker's History of New York, Washington Irving, Book VI, Chapter V

Forms of sepawn

pluralsepawns

Questions about sepawn

What is sepawn the archaic form of?
Sepawn is the archaic form of suppawn.

Words near sepawn in the dictionary

  1. separin
  2. separins
  3. separose
  4. sepat
  5. sepats
  6. sepawn
  7. sepawns
  8. sepazolin
  9. sepd.
  10. Sepe
  11. Sepeda

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