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tafia

/taf-ee-uh/US // ˈtæf i ə //UK // (ˈtæfɪə) //

塔菲亚

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a type of rum made in Haiti from lower grades of molasses, refuse sugar, or the like.

Examples

  • The next day we went to visit a tafia property in the neighbourhood.

  • One sou of bread, two sous of manioc flour, one sou of dried codfish, one sou of tafia: such is their meal.

  • Each wagon discharges a certain number of barrels of tafia, and simultaneously the young men strip.

  • He ordered some roasted plantains to be brought, and mixed some cruel bad tafia with water in an enormous gourd.

  • Sugar is very difficult to ship; rum and tafia can be handled with less risk.