tafia

American  

[taf-ee-uh] / ˈtæf i ə /

Or taffia

noun

1. a type of rum made in Haiti from lower grades of molasses, refuse sugar, or the like.

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tafia British  

/ ˈtæfɪə /

noun

1. a type of rum, esp from Guyana or the Caribbean

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Etymology

Origin of tafia

1755–65, < West Indian French; aphetic variant of ratafia ratafia

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Example Sentences

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tafia

These plantation owners were proud of their own brands of tafia, distilling it in large batches to entertain during parties in their homes, Litel said.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 20, 2015

One sou of bread, two sous of manioc flour, one sou of dried codfish, one sou of tafia: such is their meal.

From Two Years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn

The next day we went to visit a tafia property in the neighbourhood.

From Tom Cringle's Log by Michael Scott

And the officers all, she declared, the captains, the frisky lieutenants, and the ensigns, all drank tafia.

From The Story of Old Fort Loudon by Mary Noailles Murfree

Meantime the patient is given all sorts of absurd things to drink, in tafia and sour-orange juice—such as old clay pipes ground to powder, or the head of the fer-de-lance itself, roasted dry and pounded….

From Two Years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn

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