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mampoer

mampoer noun: strong home-distilled peach or fruit liquor.

Noun

mampoer (plural mampoer or mampoers)

  1. (South Africa) Strong home-distilled peach or fruit liquor.
    • "The Americans call it 'moonshine', to the warm-blooded Irish it is 'Poteen' and the Swiss call it 'Kirsch'. In South Africa, it is 'Witblits' in the Cape and to Transvalers it is just 'Mampoer'. Mampoer and the variety of names given to it are the names of strong, homemade distilled brandy made...

Forms of mampoer

pluralmampoer
pluralmampoers

Origin of mampoer

Borrowed from Afrikaans, from Mampuru, the name of a Pedi chief.

Questions about mampoer

What does mampoer mean?
Mampoer means strong home-distilled peach or fruit liquor.
What part of speech is mampoer?
Mampoer is a noun.
What is the plural of mampoer?
The plural of mampoer is mampoer.

Words near mampoer in the dictionary

  1. MAMP
  2. mampalon
  3. mampalons
  4. mampara
  5. mamparas
  6. mampoer
  7. mampoers
  8. mampos
  9. Mampruli
  10. Mamprusi
  11. Mamprusis

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