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tiswin
or ³Ù¾±³ú··É¾±²Ô
[ tiz-ween ]
noun
- a fermented beverage made by the Apache people.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tiswin1
An Americanism first recorded in 1875–80; from Apache, from Mexican Spanish ³Ù±ð²õ²µÃ¼¾±²Ô´Ç, perhaps ultimately from Nahuatl ³Ù±ð³¦³ÜÄ«²Ô¾± “for a pot to flare up, for one's heart to poundâ€
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Example Sentences
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This story seems to profess to give the origin of tobacco, giant cactus and of tiswin.
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In May, 1886, the Indians indulged in an extensive and prolonged "tiswin" drunk.
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"Tiswin" once again set them loose and they stampeded.
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In spite of the fact that Geronimo had one of the very best farms in the entire San Carlos Reservation, the Apache leader soon was again in trouble with the United States in 1884, when attempts were made to stop the making and sale of tiswin.
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On the very next day after this some Indians at the Post were drunk on "tiswin," which they had made from corn.
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