pombe

British  

/ ˈpɔmbɛ /

noun

1. any alcoholic drink

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Etymology

Origin of pombe

Swahili

Example Sentences

Pots full of pombe and plantain-wine were ranged a little distance off, from which the dancers and the singers could regale themselves when they felt disposed.

From My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa by Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)

Its appearance in the distance warned us that we were closing on the habitations of men, and we were told that Bombay had drunk pombe there.

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

Nango, an old friend, and district officer of the place, first refreshed us with a dish of plantain-squash and dried fish, with pombe.

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

He gave abundance of food, pombe, and bananas; the country being extremely fertile.

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

After the banquet was ended, the pombe, or native beer, was brought in in five gallon pots, and the people commenced their dance, which continues even now as I write.

From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)