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sofky

US/səfki/

sofky noun: a soup or stew made of hominy, cornmeal and bits of meat.

Noun

sofky (uncountable)

  1. (US) A soup or stew made of hominy, cornmeal and bits of meat.
    • There was another pot in the fireplace too, a big one, a two-gallon pot, and it was filled with a mess that looked like hominy. Rooster tasted it with a spoon and said it was an Indian dish called sofky.1968, Charles Portis, True Grit

Origin of sofky

Possibly from a Muskogean language.

Questions about sofky

What does sofky mean?
Sofky means a soup or stew made of hominy, cornmeal and bits of meat.
What part of speech is sofky?
Sofky is a noun.
How do you pronounce sofky?
Sofky is pronounced /səfki/ (US).

Words near sofky in the dictionary

  1. sofiite
  2. Sofis
  3. Sofism
  4. sofkee
  5. sofkey
  6. sofky
  7. SoFlo
  8. SOFM
  9. SOFMs
  10. sofosbuvir
  11. SOFR

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