hoppin' john
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.22 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A dish of rice and beans in the Southern United States, based on traditional West African dishes.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "A popular black-eyed pea dish mentioned in the narratives was Hoppin' John, a common and popular dish among slaves, especially east of the Mississippi (Taylor 1982). The one-pot meal of Hoppin' John is of African origin (Singleton 1991; Thurman 2000; Zanger 2003)."
- "Thus, Hoppin' John is the South Carolina cousin to New Orleans's red beans and rice, Jamaica's peas and rice, Puerto Rico's arroz con gandules, and Cuba's moros y cristianos."