mama put
n.— «All around the adjoining streets…market officials, colonial clerks gather in twos and threes savouring local delicacies at mama put joints littering the streets.» —“150 Years On—Memories of Slavery Re-Echoed in Breadfruit, Lagos” All Africa Feb. 15, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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