black-eyed pea

noun

: cowpea

Examples of black-eyed pea in a Sentence

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Every New Year's Day, my parents would have friends and neighbors over for black-eyed peas to ensure good luck in the year to come. Keenan Robbins, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024 Advertisement $12 at Muze Merch (Rancho Gordo) Rancho Gordo black-eyed peas One of the New Year’s day activities in my family is the Southern custom of eating black-eyed peas to ensure good luck. Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024 Layer some of your favorite ingredients–cornbread, bacon, black-eyed peas–into one extravagant crowdpleaser. Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2024 Take Food That Holds Classic Southern dishes like cornbread, greens, and black-eyed peas are soul-sustaining foods that provide nourishment, comfort, and strength. Josh Miller, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for black-eyed pea 

Word History

First Known Use

1726, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of black-eyed pea was in 1726

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“Black-eyed pea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black-eyed%20pea. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

black-eyed pea

noun
ˌblak-ˌīd-
: cowpea

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