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alternative kleren · alternative klerin

1. uncountableA strong Haitian spirit, similar to rum, made from cane sugar.

   The sunny days were filled with incident and his bottle was filled with klerin.

   2013, Amy Wilentz, Farewell, Fred Voodoo, Simon & Schuster, page 10

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   The antidote prepared in the Valley of Léogane consisted solely of ammonia, clairin, and various aromatic solutions purchased at the local apothecary.

   1988, Wade Davis, Passage of Darkness, page 167

   I open the door to my altar, spill a little kleren three times, talk with my spirits […].

   1995, Mama Lola & Karen McCarthy Brown, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, p. 227