pombe
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of pombe
Swahili
Example Sentences
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He is said to be an enormously bloated old man, who cannot move unless carried, and women are constantly in attendance pouring pombe into him.
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
Accordingly the chief brought a huge basket of "pombe," the native beer, and another of "nsima," or porridge, and a pot of cooked meat; to these were added a large basket of maize.
From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Waller, Horace
The king was evidently not pleased for no pombe came to-day.
From The Discovery of the Source of the Nile by Speke, John Hanning
Very lavish with stale sour pombe, she gave us all some, saving the Wasumbua, whom she addressed very angrily, asking what they wanted, as they have been months in the country.
From The Discovery of the Source of the Nile by Speke, John Hanning
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