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Synonyms for gumbo


Grammar : Noun
Spell : guhm-boh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgʌm boʊ

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Définition of gumbo

Origin :
  • 1805, from Louisiana French, probably ultimately from Central Bantu dialect (cf. Mbundu ngombo "okra").
  • As in broth : noun soup, usually clear
Example sentences :
  • And Thackeray's picture of Gumbo carrying in the soup tureen!
  • Extract from : « Confessions of a Book-Lover » by Maurice Francis Egan
  • When cattle get into gumbo, the farmers send for the stump-dynamite and try blasting.
  • Extract from : « Free Air » by Sinclair Lewis
  • They will then be good (with the addition of tomata paste) to boil in soup or gumbo.
  • Extract from : « Miss Leslie's Lady's New Receipt-Book » by Eliza Leslie
  • In the northern counties it is found in "gumbo" soils in swamps.
  • Extract from : « Trees of Indiana » by Charles Clemon Deam
  • I prefer hilltop, north slope, soil as deep as possible, and a gumbo subsoil.
  • Extract from : « The Apple » by Various
  • I'd be afraid to trust the ivy with my weight plus the gumbo I intend to eat.
  • Extract from : « A House Party with the Tucker Twins » by Nell Speed
  • What on earth are you doing with those long 273 gumbo shooters, Charlie?
  • Extract from : « The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine » by Katherine Stokes
  • I have upland, with a poor soil and a gumbo subsoil, with a north and east aspect.
  • Extract from : « The Apple » by Various
  • In his ordinary temper the most humane of men, he simply raged at Gumbo.
  • Extract from : « In the Wrong Paradise » by Andrew Lang
  • The scroll was the first edition, the real original, and Gumbo had destroyed it.
  • Extract from : « In the Wrong Paradise » by Andrew Lang
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