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From: Lauren Boyd <>
Subject: Re: [STUART] Link to the OED Entry for mobbie, mobee
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 07:20:25 -0800
References: <20031208141519.BBA696AD47@highwire.stanford.edu> <00c601c3bd99$4cf582b0$6a4d1e0a@CPQ15113137822>


teresa stuart de rios wrote:
>
> Thanks Karen, then from this can I conclude that Mobby in the USA was a
> Brittish drink?
> Teresa Stuart de Rios


I wouldn't. It mentions "a fermented liquor made by the negroes in the West Indies".
Seems more to have African origins to me, Teresa. Perhaps
the Brits enjoyed it, but it does not point to a British Origin of the
concoction.

Aye,

Lauren

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