cheeky yam
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of air potato.
Example Sentences
- "Occasionally they were given a change of diet with 'cheeky' yams. When I first heard John and the natives talking about them I asked why they were called 'cheeky'. “Try one and then you'll know,” John said, handing me a piece."
- "Although cheeky yam was an important food for Aboriginal people within parts of northern Australia in the recent past, macroscopic remains of this USO have not been found in archaeological contexts."