pombe

British  

/ ˈpɔmbɛ /

noun

1. any alcoholic drink

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Etymology

Origin of pombe

Swahili

Example Sentences

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pombe

The twins were not buried, as ordinary people are buried, under ground, but placed in an earthenware pot, such as the Wanyoro use for holding pombe.

From The Discovery of the Source of the Nile by Speke, John Hanning

Matipa and his wife each sent me a huge calabash of pombe; I wanted only a little to make bread with.

From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi by Waller, Horace

He sent me a goat, flour, and pombe, and next day we returned to Hara.

From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Waller, Horace

These gifts consisted of stalks of barley and of "pombe."

From Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules

So I gave the king the bottle and gauge, which delighted him amazingly; and the old doctor who begged for pombe, got a goat for his trouble.

From The Discovery of the Source of the Nile by Speke, John Hanning