bumbo
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A sweet drink made from rum, water, sugar, and spices
- noun
- /ˈbʌmboʊ/
- Archaic
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bumbo
- On chilly evenings, colonists would often gather around the fire to sip a warm bumbo infused with nutmeg.
Examples
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The bartender prepared a traditional bumbo for his customers, mixing water, sugar, and dark rum.
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During the party, they enjoyed a refreshing bumbo made with rum, spices, and a hint of lemon.
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It also made feeding her "solids" a breeze when we were out and about, as the Bumbo is much more convenient than a high chair to cart around.
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Etymology
Bumbo is the name of an old spiced rum drink and one popular idea is that it comes from words like bumbu, meaning 'spice' or 'seasoning'. A helpful way to remember bumbo is that the name points to the spices mixed with rum, sugar, and water in the drink.
