bimber
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Polish
Etymology
Unknown. Bańkowski suggests the word has origins in prison slang with an original meaning of "stolen goods", particularly watches, in reference to a criminal caught with "corpus delicti", with a semantic shift to any illicit material, and ultimately to illegal alcohol. First attested in 1937.
Pronunciation
Noun
bimber m inan
- moonshine (illicit homemade liquor)
- Synonyms: samogon, samogonka, księżycówka, krzakówka
- mocny bimber ― strong moonshine
- domowy bimber ― homemade moonshine
- własny bimber ― in-house moonshine
- wódka i bimber ― vodka and moonshine
- bańka bimbru ― a can of moonshine
- butelka bimbru ― a bottle of moonshine
- szklanka bimbru ― a glass of moonshine
- litr bimbru ― a liter of moonshine
- pędzić bimber ― to homebrew moonshine
- produkować bimber ― to produce moonshine
- robić bimber ― to make moonshine
- pić bimber ― to drink moonshine
- przypominać bimber ― to resemble moonshine
Declension
Declension of bimber
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References
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “bimber”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ Dobry Wieczór! i Kurjer Czerwony : ilustrowane pismo codzienne R.16, number 4, 1937, page 2
- ^ bimber in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego