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Van der Hum|væn də ˈhʌm|
Also Vanderhum, † vanrhum.
[perh. a personal name.]
A South African brandy-based liqueur made with nartjies.
1861Let. 14 Oct. in Cape Monthly Mag. (1870) Oct. 225 Mrs M...has even promised to show me how to brew liqueurs, and distil ‘vanrhum’,—the latter a most aromatic and powerful elixir vitæ. 1893Kipling Many Invent. 330 Judson's best Vanderhum, which is Cape brandy ten years in the bottle, flavoured with orange⁓peel and spices. 1913D. Fairbridge That which hath Been xxi. 240 If you want a zoopje there is Van der Hum on the table yonder and a bottle of old dop. 1949A. Wilson Wrong Set 41 Wait..till he tasted the Van Der Hum after the meal, then he would see what the Union could do. 1966[see nartjie]. 1978K. Bonfiglioli All Tea in China xi. 141 A black, fat-bellied bottle of something called ‘Van Der Hums’ which he had prudently laid in at the Cape. |