Definitions

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  • noun Home-distilled brandy or raw spirit, colourless and with a powerful kick.

Etymologies

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Afrikaans wit (“white”) + blits (“lightning”).

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Examples

  • Some of the new products included on the council's "stocktake" are new farm cottages, guest houses, a diving resort, a fly fishing club, river trips, safaris and mampoer and witblits tasting tours.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

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  • Also witblitz; home-brewed brandy, a strong and colourless raw spirit. (Irregular Afrikaans, fr. Dutch wit white + German blitz lightning — white lightning!)

    August 6, 2008

  • witblitz.

    August 6, 2008