chicha
[chee-chuh]
- a beer made from fermented corn in South and Central America.
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Origin of chicha
Borrowed into English from American Spanish around 1750–60
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Examples from the Web for chicha
Historical Examples
From what, the reader will ask, and how, is chicha prepared?
Up the Orinoco and down the MagdalenaH. J. Mozans
The manufacture of chicha is primitive, and not a little disgusting.
The Andes and the AmazonJames Orton
At the suggestion of Chicha, Desnoyers accompanied them in the capacity of driver.
The Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseVicente Blasco Ibanez
Had I not tasted the chicha beer of the Andes, and found it good?
White Shadows in the South SeasFrederick O'Brien
Its manufacture is unknown outside Mexico, and in Peru the chicha, or maiz beer of the natives, takes its place.
MexicoCharles Reginald Enock