tafia
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tafia
1755–65, < West Indian French; aphetic variant of ratafia ratafia
Example Sentences
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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
It is nothing less than exciting to watch a shipment of tafia from Grande Anse to St. Pierre.
From Two Years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn
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
Each man takes a barrel of tafia, pushes it before him into the surf, and then begins to swim to the pirogue,—impelling the barrel before him.
From Two Years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn
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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