Samshoo


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Sam´shoo


n.1.A spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Chop-chop (1834), chop-stick (1699), makee (1719), mash (1870), muchee (1723), pidgin (1807), samshoo (1697).
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