Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A metal straw having a bulbous end perforated with holes that filters out mate leaves when drinking mate from a calabash.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tube used in Paraguay for drinking maté.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Yerba Mate' Cafe, a great mail order place for organic mate' plus all the doodads that makes making it/drinking it the traditional way with the cool straw thing, called a bombilla, easier.
Yerba Mate Clean Energy -- for your bod GreenFertility 2006
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Yerba Mate' Cafe, a great mail order place for organic mate' plus all the doodads that makes making it/drinking it the traditional way with the cool straw thing, called a bombilla, easier.
Archive 2006-09-01 GreenFertility 2006
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Also included is a steel bombilla which is a traditional metal straw with a filter on the bottom.
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In your field of vision is a setup for yerba mate (kettle, container for the yerba and sugar, the mate, the bombilla).
Make House Wine Taste Better With Soda Water | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Not once have I ever snarked at the sight of an Eastern toilet, a dirty hand to shake or a sip from a stranger's bombilla.
Farryn Weiner: Being Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable Farryn Weiner 2011
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In your field of vision is a setup for yerba mate kettle, container for the yerba and sugar, the mate, the bombilla.
Make House Wine Taste Better With Soda Water | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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When I returned from my 10-hour hike from the base of the towers, I was told that my new friend had to leave for town, but he had left me with his personal reed bombilla straw and hollowed gourd, which was filled with crushed green leaves –– my first taste of the stimulating drink.
Photo Journeys: Alison Wright: Chile : Hiking, horseback riding and scuba diving 2008
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When I returned from my 10-hour hike from the base of the towers, I was told that my new friend had to leave for town, but he had left me with his personal reed bombilla straw and hollowed gourd, which was filled with crushed green leaves –– my first taste of the stimulating drink.
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When I returned from my 10-hour hike from the base of the towers, I was told that my new friend had to leave for town, but he had left me with his personal reed bombilla straw and hollowed gourd, which was filled with crushed green leaves –– my first taste of the stimulating drink.
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"Foco" was how the shopkeeper said it, though I understand "bombilla" is used more widely. posted by Bardiac at 8:36 PM
Archive 2008-03-01 Bardiac 2008
qms commented on the word bombilla
A gaucho of taste adds vanilla
Or soupçon of fine manzanilla
And calls his maté,
Thus rendered parfait,
The best that has kissed a bombilla.
May 5, 2016
bilby commented on the word bombilla
Superb!
May 5, 2016
qms commented on the word bombilla
Thank you, bilby. You are generous and wise.
May 6, 2016