skokiaann.
/ˈskɒkɪɑːn/, /skɒkˈjɑːn/, U.S. /ˈskɑkiˌɑn/, /ˌskɑkˈjɑn/, South African English /ˈskɒkiɑːn/, /skɒkˈjɑːn/ South African.
An intoxicating home-brewed liquor fermented with yeast. Also attributive.
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1926 S. G. Millin S. Africans vii. ii. 223 Sometimes a group of Kaffirs are found drinking a rapidly fermenting preparation called skokiaan in the outbuilding of a European's home.
1936 J. G. Williams & H. J. May I am Black iv. xvii. 175 The white men call me a skokiaan queen.
1946 P. H. Abrahams Mine Boy xi. 135 He knew she was one of the foremost Skokiaan Queens—for that is what they call the women who deal in illicit liquor.
1953 D. Lessing Five 286 Skokian is a wicked and dangerous drink, and it is illegal. It is made quickly, in one day, and may contain many different substances. On this night it has mealie~meal, sugar, tobacco, methylated spirits, boot polish and yeast. Some skokian queens use magic, such as the limb of a dead person.
1970 G. Lord Marshmallow Pie iv. 33 He didn't hate the blacks... All they wanted was a quiet life and some skokiaan on Saturday nights.
1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 13 Nov. 16/5 The rougher shebeens lack refinements and sell often-questionable products, ranging from commercial and homemade beers to a variety of moonshine liquors, including the legendary skokiaan.
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