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Definition of Tafia
1. n. A variety of rum.
Definition of Tafia
1. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of Taffia) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tafia
1. an inferior rum [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tafia
Literary usage of Tafia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1838)
"... or tafia, in the French West India islands; that spirituous liquor which is
called by the English rum, made of fermented molasses. ..."
2. Cahokia Records, 1778-1790 by Clarence Walworth Alvord (1907)
"... pot de tafia a raison de deux piastres Le pot Sur Laquelle ditte quantité Le
Sieur Ducharme Luy En a payé Cinquante pot Comme ayant repondu de Le faire, ..."
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