pulque
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pulque
Borrowed into English from Mexican Spanish around 1685–95
Vocabulary lists containing pulque
Example Sentences
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After Sunday, it will be transferred to the Pulque Museum, a few kilometers away from Santa María la Ribera.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2023
In Mexico it is well-known as the plant from which they manufacture their favorite drink, the "Pulque," and grows in great abundance.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
Pulque is the favourite drink of the Mexicans, made from the sap of the agave or aloe.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various
Pulque, as you drink it, looks like milk and water, and has a mild smell and taste of rotten eggs.
From Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern by Tylor, Edward Burnett
Indian Tlachiquero, collecting juice of the Agave for Pulque.
From Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern by Tylor, Edward Burnett
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