"feni" meaning in English

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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "caju feni"
        },
        {
          "word": "cashew feni"
        },
        {
          "word": "coconut feni"
        },
        {
          "word": "palm feni"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, Paul Harding, Goa, page 71:",
          "text": "A shot of Indian-made spirits is about Rs 40 to 60 (mixers cost extra) and a shot of feni is Rs 20.[…]Goans are keen to offer advice to foreigners; don't drink it on an empty stomach, don't mix it with other spirits, and certainly don't swim after a couple of fenis.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Frank Simoes, “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Feni but Were Too Drunk to Ask”, in Jerry Pinto, editor, Reflected in Water: Writings on Goa, page 243:",
          "text": "The Department of Agriculture's official definition of feni is many soulless removes from its ebullient metaphysics; ‘Feni (the more accurate rendering, as opposed to the Portuguese 'fenim') has achieved the status of a generic term applying to a wide variety of distilled alcoholic liquors derived from extracts of the coconut palm and the cashew fruit.'",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Bhaichand Patel, Happy Hours: The Penguin Book of Cocktails, unnumbered page:",
          "text": "Feni is really country liquor that has risen from its lowly status.[…]Whatever claims the Goans may lay to its potency, feni is no stronger than whisky or vodka.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An alcoholic drink made in Goa, India, from fermented cashew apples or coconut toddy (sap)."
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          "India",
          "India"
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          "cashew apple",
          "cashew apple"
        ],
        [
          "coconut",
          "coconut"
        ],
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          "toddy",
          "toddy"
        ]
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        "(India) An alcoholic drink made in Goa, India, from fermented cashew apples or coconut toddy (sap)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fenim"
        },
        {
          "word": "fenny"
        }
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        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Feni (liquor)"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "feni"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "caju feni"
    },
    {
      "word": "cashew feni"
    },
    {
      "word": "coconut feni"
    },
    {
      "word": "palm feni"
    }
  ],
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          "ref": "2003, Paul Harding, Goa, page 71:",
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        },
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          "ref": "2006, Frank Simoes, “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Feni but Were Too Drunk to Ask”, in Jerry Pinto, editor, Reflected in Water: Writings on Goa, page 243:",
          "text": "The Department of Agriculture's official definition of feni is many soulless removes from its ebullient metaphysics; ‘Feni (the more accurate rendering, as opposed to the Portuguese 'fenim') has achieved the status of a generic term applying to a wide variety of distilled alcoholic liquors derived from extracts of the coconut palm and the cashew fruit.'",
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        },
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          "text": "Feni is really country liquor that has risen from its lowly status.[…]Whatever claims the Goans may lay to its potency, feni is no stronger than whisky or vodka.",
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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        "(India) An alcoholic drink made in Goa, India, from fermented cashew apples or coconut toddy (sap)."
      ],
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    {
      "word": "fenim"
    },
    {
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  "word": "feni"
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