pimento
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- noun
- /pɪˈmɛntoʊ/
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pimiento
- The appetizer included olives stuffed with pimento, adding a sweet flavor.
- pimento cheese
- pimento cheese sandwich
- pimento-stuffed olives
Examples
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Buy an egg salad or pimento cheese sandwich at their meticulously clean food locations, and it will set you back a buck and a half (yes, you read that correctly -- $1.50).
Blog text (13) -
OK, so this pimento cheese sandwich is good for your health.
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A pimento and cheese sandwich, sir.
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Here's a nice pimento cheese sandwich.
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The store had a gas pump and a few groceries, and she made pimento-cheese sandwiches to sell to schoolchildren at lunchtime.
Fiction book (1991) -
There was no sign of any food that a Mississippi child might have actually been able to eat: cornbread and turnip greens, cold baked sweet potatoes, pimento-cheese sandwiches on light bread, fried chicken and slaw, and watermelon.
Fiction book (1991) -
I enjoyed a delicious pimento and cheese sandwich for lunch today.
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For the party, I made stuffed peppers with pimento, cheese, and spices.
Synonyms
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A large mild fruit often eaten as a vegetable with thick walls and a bell shape
Compounds
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Etymology
Pimento comes from Spanish pimiento and Portuguese pimento, both meaning 'pepper', so it names the small, sweet red pepper often used to stuff olives; that's why pimento refers to the soft red piece you find in foods.