sofky

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US/səfki/

noun

A soup or stew made of hominy, cornmeal and bits of meat.

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Meanings

nounsofky (uncountable)
  1. USuncountableA soup or stew made of hominy, cornmeal and bits of meat.

    There was another pot in the fireplace too, a big one, a two-gallon pot, and it was filled with a mess that looked like hominy. Rooster tasted it with a spoon and said it was an Indian dish called sofky.

    1968, Charles Portis, True Grit

Origin

Possibly from a Muskogean language.

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APA

sofky. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sofky

MLA

“sofky.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sofky. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sofky,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sofky.

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