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crambambuli

crambambuli noun: a drink of rum mixed with sugar and set alight before drinking.

Noun

crambambuli (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A drink of rum mixed with sugar and set alight before drinking.
    • […] but, in speaking of the different drinks that are consumed in a Kneiping, we must not forget the Crambambuli. In order to prepare this liquor, an earthenware dish is used, into which a sufficient quantity of sugar is poured, and it is then filled up with rum. It is then set fire to; and the...1842, William Howitt, The Student-Life of Germany

Forms of crambambuli

alternative formcrambambulee

Origin of crambambuli

Borrowed from German Crambambuli.

Questions about crambambuli

What does crambambuli mean?
Crambambuli means a drink of rum mixed with sugar and set alight before drinking.
What part of speech is crambambuli?
Crambambuli is a noun.

Words near crambambuli in the dictionary

  1. cram-cram
  2. cram-full
  3. cram-packed
  4. Cramahe
  5. crambambulee
  6. crambambuli
  7. crambene
  8. cramberries
  9. cramberry
  10. crambid
  11. crambids

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