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‖ chicha|ˈtʃitʃa|
Also chichi, chichia, and erron. chica.
[Native name in the lang. of Haiti (Oviedo, Brasseur de Bourbourg). Carried by the Spaniards to other countries of S. America.]
A fermented liquor made from maize and other plants by the natives of South America.
1760tr. Juan & Ulloa's Voy. (1772) I. v. v. 263 When the Indian has once got the money, he spends it all in chicha [note, A kind of beer or ale made of maize and very intoxicating]. Ibid. I. v. vii. 288 Called chica. 1832Veg. Subst. Food 114 The beverages..known by the name of chicha. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. xiv. (1873) 296 A plant..called by the inhabitants Chepones..I saw the Chilotans making chichi or cider with this fruit. 1850Prescott Peru II. 48 They did not refuse..to quaff the sparkling chicha from golden vases. 1854L. H. de Bonelli Trav. Bolivia II. 109 We now partook of some chichia. |