tiswin
Americannoun
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a fermented beverage made by the Apache people.
Etymology
Origin of tiswin
An Americanism first recorded in 1875–80; from Apache, from Mexican Spanish tesgüino, perhaps ultimately from Nahuatl tecuīni “for a pot to flare up, for one's heart to pound”
Example Sentences
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This story seems to profess to give the origin of tobacco, giant cactus and of tiswin.
From Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona by Lloyd, J. William
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