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Meaning of crambambuli | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A drink of rum mixed with sugar and set alight before drinking.

obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Krambambuli

Examples

“[…] 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 company, who sit round the flaming dish, sing—THE CRAMBAMBULI SONG.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

crambene crambid crambin cramble crambo crambo-clink

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