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An alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented sap of palm trees, originating from the Philippines. quotations examples
In cases of continuous intoxication it results in dysentery, fevers, insanity, and drinking beno is the cause of many deaths.
1900, Harper’s History of the War in the Philippines, page 315
I had some beno in my canteen and I took a few nips to steady me.
1925, Cosmopolitan, page 18
Lounging around village shops watching the girls and drinking beno, a potent alcoholic beverage, helped some of the soldiers overcome their boredom.
1975, Willard B. Gatewood, Jr., Black Americans and the White Man’s Burden, 1898-1903, page 270
He must have been drinking beno for he took a header, and as he went over the boat dipped considerably and of course soaked part of us.
2006, The Journals, page 53