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taf⋅i⋅a

  [taf-ee-uh]
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–noun
a type of rum made in Haiti from lower grades of molasses, refuse sugar, or the like.
Also, taf⋅fi⋅a.

Origin:
1755–65, Americanism; < West Indian F; aph. var. of ratafia ratafia
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taf·i·a also taf·fi·a   (tāf'ē-ə)   
n.  A cheap rum distilled from molasses and refuse sugar in the West Indies.

[French, perhaps of West Indian Creole origin.]
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