Definitions for tiswin

tiswin tis·win

Spelling: [tiz-ween]
IPA: /tɪzˈwin/

Tiswin is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 51 anagrams from letters in tiswin (iinstw).

Definitions for tiswin

noun

  1. a fermented beverage made by the Apache Indians.

Origin of tiswin

1875-80, Americanism; Apache Mexican Spanish tesgüino, perhaps ultimately Nahuatl tecuīni for a pot to flare up, for one's heart to pound

Examples for tiswin

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

On the very next day after this some Indians at the Post were drunk on "tiswin," which they had made from corn.

This abuse was promptly stopped, as also was the making of tiswin.

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

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