mampoer
(South Africa) Strong home-distilled peach or fruit liquor.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(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…
Origin: Borrowed from , from Mampuru, the name of a Pedi chief. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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