tiswin

or tiz·win

[ tiz-ween ]

noun
  1. a fermented beverage made by the Apache people.

Origin of tiswin

1
An Americanism first recorded in 1875–80; from Apache, from Mexican Spanish tesgüino, perhaps ultimately from Nahuatl tecuīni “for a pot to flare up, for one's heart to pound”

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How to use tiswin in a sentence

  • This story seems to profess to give the origin of tobacco, giant cactus and of tiswin.

    Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights | J. William Lloyd
  • This abuse was promptly stopped, as also was the making of tiswin.

    Alamo Ranch | Sarah Warner Brooks
  • On the very next day after this some Indians at the Post were drunk on "tiswin," which they had made from corn.

  • In May, 1886, the Indians indulged in an extensive and prolonged "tiswin" drunk.

    The Career of Leonard Wood | Joseph Hamblen Sears