Meaning of cheeky yam | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of air potato.

Examples

“Occasionally they were given a change of diet with 'cheeky' yams. When I first heard John and the natives talking about them I asked why they were called 'cheeky'. “Try one and then you'll know,” John said, handing me a piece.”

“Although cheeky yam was an important food for Aboriginal people within parts of northern Australia in the recent past, macroscopic remains of this USO have not been found in archaeological contexts.”

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