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Definition of samp noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

samp

noun

/sæmp/

/sæmp/

[uncountable] (South African English)

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the inner parts of maize seeds that are pressed and broken roughly; a type of porridge that is made from this
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Algonquian nasamp ‘softened by water’.

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