Meaning of mabby | Babel Free

Definitions

A Barbadian spirituous liquor or drink distilled from potatoes.

uncountable

Examples

“Their usual Drink⟳ is Mabby, made of Potato's, which refreshes, and is good against the Phlegm; also another Liquor call'd Oko, made of steep'd Cassadar, and is like⟳ Beer in taste⟳, strength, and colour.”

“The flips or vines they feed⟳ hogs and rabbits with; and an excellent drink⟳ is made of the roots, called mabby.”

“Others were selling yams, water cresses, radishes, tomatoes, bananas, achiote or annatto, beans, peas, beef, fat bacon, lard, codfish, fresh fish⟳, coffee, sugar, tobacco twists, cigars, rice, bread, sirups used as sweet drinks, mabby (a native drink⟳), and butter.”

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