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English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Crambambuli.
Noun
crambambuli (uncountable)
- (obsolete) A drink of rum mixed with sugar and set alight before drinking.
1842, William Howitt, The Student-Life of Germany:[…] but, in speaking of the different drinks that are consumed in a Kneiping, we must not forget the Crambambuli. In order to prepare this liquor, an earthenware dish is used, into which a sufficient quantity of sugar is poured, and it is then filled up with rum. It is then set fire to; and the company, who sit round the flaming dish, sing—THE CRAMBAMBULI SONG.