tamale

[ tuh-mah-lee ]

/ təˈmɑ li /

a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.

Origin of tamale

1605–15, Americanism; construed as singular of Mexican Spanish tamales, plural of tamal < Nahuatl tamalli

tam, tam-o'-shanter, tam-tam, tamable, tamagotchi, tamale, taman, tamandua, tamar, tamara, tamarac

Tamale

[ tuh-mah-lee ]

/ təˈmɑ li /

a city in N Ghana.

Beltrán Leyva, a gourmand, was savoring his tamale with its filling of roasted corn.

Trading Dime Bags for Salvador Dali |Jason McGahan |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A hot 13 tamale, like that Mexican fruit which burns you if you bite into it!

Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl |Isabel Katherine Hornibrook
He made Henrietta Vance shout with laughter by pretending that the olive in his tamale was a green hen's egg.

Vandover and the Brute |Frank Norris
Three rods were stuck into its head, upon each of which was spitted a tamale, or native pie.

The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2 |Hubert Howe Bancroft

Tamale stirred restlessly with head uplifted and ears pointed straight before up the steep bluff.

The Lure of the Dim Trails |by (AKA B. M. Sinclair) B. M. Bower
This tamale mixture is fine for stuffing green mango peppers.

The Khaki Kook Book |Mary Kennedy Core

tamale

/ (təˈmɑːlɪ) /

a Mexican dish made of minced meat mixed with crushed maize and seasonings, wrapped in maize husks and steamed

C19: erroneously for tamal, from Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl tamalli