bimber

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bimber

Etymology edit

Unknown. Bańkowski suggests the word has origins in prison slang with an original meaning of "stolen goods", particularly watches, in reference to a criminal caught with "corpus delicti", with a semantic shift to any illicit material, and ultimately to illegal alcohol.^[1] First attested in 1937.^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈbim.bɛr/
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Rhymes: -imbɛr
Syllabification: bim‧ber

Noun edit

bimber m inan

moonshine (illicit homemade liquor)
Synonyms: samogon, samogonka, księżycówka, krzakówka

mocny bimber ― strong moonshine

domowy bimber ― homemade moonshine

własny bimber ― in-house moonshine

wódka i bimber ― vodka and moonshine

bańka bimbru ― a can of moonshine

butelka bimbru ― a bottle of moonshine

szklanka bimbru ― a glass of moonshine

litr bimbru ― a liter of moonshine

pędzić bimber ― to homebrew moonshine

produkować bimber ― to produce moonshine

robić bimber ― to make moonshine

pić bimber ― to drink moonshine

przypominać bimber ― to resemble moonshine

Declension edit

Declension of bimber

	singular
nominative	bimber
genitive	bimbru
dative	bimbrowi
accusative	bimber
instrumental	bimbrem
locative	bimbrze
vocative	bimbrze

Derived terms edit

adjectives

nouns

References edit

^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “bimber”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
^ Dobry Wieczór! i Kurjer Czerwony : ilustrowane pismo codzienne R.16‎^[1], number 4, 1937, page 2
^ bimber in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego