pulque
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- noun
- /ˈpʊlkeɪ/
- US
- Meanwhile, two small dogs, representing marital fidelity, frolic in the foreground as a group of natives in the background carry pulque, a local, indigenous alcoholic drink, to the wedding reception.
- drinking pulque
Examples
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After dinner, John had drawn a large mug of hot, brandied pulque and gone to a couch in an alcove that looked out on Iris' quadrant of the sky.
Fiction book (1990) -
Mixtec polychrome pottery, in contrast, reflected peculiarly Mixtec mythological themes and rituals and served primarily as fancy vessels for drinking pulque or chocolate.
Academic text (1997) -
How much pulque did you drink the other night?
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Where was pulque made aboriginally?
Academic text (1996) -
Full of pulque.
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At the very margins of the fairgrounds, state agencies promoting regional popular cultures compete with pulque sellers for public attention.
Academic text (1996) -
In addition to eating roasted maguey hearts, El Palmillo's residents likely fermented the juice to make pulque.
Academic text (2002) -
But at a mountaintop feast, as the gods showed humans how to brew intoxicating pulque, Cuextcatl drank too much and flung off his clothes.
Academic text (2010) -
At the wedding reception, guests enjoyed traditional music while sipping pulque, a drink made from fermented agave juice.
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In Oaxaca, many locals gather at pulquerias to taste different flavors of pulque fresh from the agave plants.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pulque comes from the Nahuatl language of central Mexico and was the local name for the same traditional drink. It refers to the 'fermented sap' of the maguey or agave plant, so the modern word keeps that original name for this alcoholic beverage.