witblits, noun
- Forms:
- Also witblitz, and with initial capital.
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, wit white + blits lightning.
a. mampoer. b. A colourless raw spirit, usually (illicitly) home-distilled from grape by-products after the grapes have been pressed for wine-making, but sometimes made from the fermented juice of other fruits; blits; white lightning, see white adjective sense 2. Cf. dop noun sense 2 a i, withond. Also attributive.
1934 Sunday Times 8 Apr. (Swart)‘Wit blits’ (white lightning) was the name given to peach brandy in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
A colourless raw spirit, usually (illicitly) home-distilled from grape by-products after the grapes have been pressed for wine-making, but sometimes made from the fermented juice of other fruits; blits; white lightning, see white adjective sense 2.
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