maizypopとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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maizypop (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, British) Popcorn (snack food), especially with molasses. [1905–1911]
   • 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:

     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 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:

     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, active and passive, sarsaparilla, dandelion, burdock beer, ginger ale, and soft drinks of sorts; […]

   • 1911 September 23, “Arduous Pleasures (Scene New York.)”, in The Calgary Daily Herald, mail edition, 28th year, number 2987, Calgary, Alta., →OCLC, page 12, column 5:

     “[…] An American would regard the Valley of Rocks at Lynton simply as a piece of waste around[.] He would want to erect a merry-go-round and a giant wheel, and a switchback railway there, with a number of kiosks for the sale of monkey nuts, maizypop, and ice cream soda.” / “Which shows that the American has no soul?” I asked. / “Not at all,” said the professor. “It requires a soul to appreciate the pleasures of munching maizypop and riding on a scenic railway rather than lazing peacefully in the Valley of the Rocks. […]”

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:maizypop.

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