Plural of gombo; multiple servings or varieties of gumbo, the thick West African-influenced stew.
Simple plural form of gombo, maintaining the Bantu-derived root while adding standard English pluralization.
Watching the word 'gombos' appear in English colonial menus shows how African food culture gradually earned respect—it went from being slaves' food to being fashionable in New Orleans high society.
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