clairin
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clairin (uncountable)
- A strong Haitian spirit, similar to rum, made from cane sugar.
- 1988, Wade Davis, Passage of Darkness, page 167:
- The antidote prepared in the Valley of Léogane consisted solely of ammonia, clairin, and various aromatic solutions purchased at the local apothecary.
- 1995, Mama Lola & Karen McCarthy Brown, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, p. 227:
- I open the door to my altar, spill a little kleren three times, talk with my spirits .
- 2013, Amy Wilentz, Farewell, Fred Voodoo, Simon & Schuster, page 10:
- The sunny days were filled with incident and his bottle was filled with klerin.