单词 | boer brandy |
释义 | > as lemmasboer brandy boer brandy n. (also boer's brandy) privately distilled brandy. ΚΠ 1832 Graham's Town Jrnl. (S. Afr.) 24 Feb. 33 W. R. Thompson Will hold a Public Sale on Monday next the 27 instant of a variety of fresh Goods,..Cape and Boers' Brandy etc. 1860 Standard 30 Oct. 3/5 He [sc. Prince Alfred] christened after himself a new ferry-boat, performing the ceremony with a bottle of boer brandy. 1900 B. Mitford Aletta 11 Boer brandy, when pure and well matured, is about the best liquor in the world, and this was the best of its kind. 1977 Family Radio & TV (S. Afr.) 19 Sept. 51 The creation of this Boer brandy has been a dying art since the '20s... Even legal Boer brandy heard the death sentence in 1964 when the KWV ruled that no more private licences would be issued. < as lemmas |
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