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shimiyana S. Afr.|ʃɪmɪˈjɑːnə|
Also shimiaan, shimiyane, shimya(a)n.
[ad. Zulu isi)shimeyana.]
An intoxicating home-brewed drink made from treacle or sugar and water.
1870A. F. Lindley After Ophir xix. 306 Shimyan and jwarlar were produced for our consumption, and we were invited to witness the usual dancing performances at the kraal after dark. 1900J. Robinson Lifetime S. Afr. 307 ‘Shimyaan’, a concoction of treacle and water allowed to ferment in the sun. This beverage was maddening in its effects, and the parent of much crime. 1934R. Campbell Broken Record 68 You loaf, you drink shimiaan. 1946Cape Times 29 Oct. 5 The presiding magistrate called in a number of native spectators to decide whether a drum of brew before the court was shimiyana. 1949Cape Argus 6 Aug. 1/4 Malinga pleaded guilty to being in possession of three gallons of shimiyane which, he said, he brewed for his own consumption. 1961T. Matshikiza Chocolates for My Wife 76 They plug you cockfull of Shimiyana. Some randy home brew. |