rum popo

A form of rompopo — A Central American drink, similar to eggnog and made with rum, traditionally served during the Christmas season.

Meanings

nounrum popo (plural rum popos)

plural rum popos

  1. alternativeAlternative form of rompopo.

    Two glasses and a quart of Rum Popo quickly followed.

    1990, Ray Auxillou, The Blue Hole, page 231
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    […] magazines, drinking rum popos, calling friends. Now, finally, she felt good. When she felt good she didn't need anyone and no one could touch her or hurt her or throw her away or tell her she wasn't good enough.

    1991, Deborah Rebollar Pintonelli, Ego Monkey

    Hoping that he had missed Fido's passenger truck bringing the “Orangewalkqueños” to town to buy linoleum and rum popo, Don Poldo geared up to thirty-five MPH, just about as fast as he could push the old Morris.

    2002, Gay Alden Wilentz, Memories, Dreams and Nightmares, page 46

    In that beautiful spirit we say: Merry Krismos — may every home in Belize have a ham and turkey, a batl pahn table, black cake and rum popo for the gentle folk, and a special gift for the little ones.

    2018 December 22, “April 10 – better than bread and circus”, in Amandala: Belize's Leading Newspaper

    The flan ($8) was milky and smooth, and the optional rum popo — a rum crème that’s similar to egg nog — gave it a little kick.

    2019 February 13, Lennie Omalza, “This Mexican restaurant might have the best guac around Louisville”, in Courier Journal

    If you happen to be visiting in December or January, you might be lucky enough to sample this unusual Christmas treat, which is traditionally served with a rum popo, a sort of Belizean eggnog.

    2019 September 18, “10 unmissable Belizean food experiences”, in The Telegraph
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APA

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Chicago

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