单词 | casiri |
释义 | casirin. An alcoholic drink of fermented cassava juice and sweet potato traditionally made by indigenous peoples of Guyana and Suriname.The sweet potato gives the drink a distinctive pink or red colour. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > other distilled liquor > [noun] > liquor from sweet potato mobbie1638 casiri1796 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam I. 392 Another drink called cassiree is also much used by these Indians. 1851 W. H. Brett Indian Missions Guiana 103 There is another drink made in a more cleanly manner from potatoes, called Kasiri. 1904 W. H. Hudson Green Mansions i. 26 More cups of casserie followed this outburst. 1954 I. Welch in A. J. Seymour Kyk-over-al 80 The taste was still upon his lips Of fresh casiri, potent, strong. 2018 Guyana Chron. 22 Apr. 18/5 I will continue to make my cassava bread, cassareep, casiri. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1796 |
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