atole

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a·to·le

(ə-tō′lā)

A thick drink of Mexican origin that is made with cornmeal, water, raw sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla and is served warm.

[Nahuatl ātolli, cornmeal beverage, from diminutive of ātl, water.]

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atole - eaten as mush or as a thin gruel

cornmeal mush, mush - cornmeal boiled in water

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Pero el trabajo requirio de un compromiso con el dueno de la Tierra que consintio que le quitasen "el vestido" y rozasen el suelo a cambio de chilate desabrido y de los cuerpos de las personas que, desde se momento, comenzaron a morir" (Ibid., 2003:213-215).