Definitions

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  • noun South Africa Strong home-distilled peach or fruit liquor.

Etymologies

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From Afrikaans, from the name of a Pedi chief Mampuru.

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Examples

  • The potent brew, known as "mampoer", was auctioned at the rally for R3500.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • Some of the new products included on the council's "stocktake" are new farm cottages, guest houses, a diving resort, a fly fishing club, river trips, safaris and mampoer and witblits tasting tours.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • He assured all potential takers the mampoer was "the genuine article - brewed in the best Afrikaner tradition"

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • The first time I met Henk resulted in us causing trouble in Bloemfontein with some help from the locals and the regional mampoer.

    News24 Top Stories 2009

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