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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