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Glossary for The Company Daughters

  • arrak or arrack: type of hard alcohol derived from rice
  • boterkoek: butter cake
  • brezels: pretzels
  • havermout: hot cereal
  • hutspot: stew
  • jambless: oven
  • jenever: type of alcohol
  • kampung: village
  • klomps: Dutch wooden clogs
  • kulis: slaves
  • Lakenvelder: breed of cattle
  • meerkoets: coot–type of water fowl
  • olykoeks: type of ring-shaped cake
  • passglass: type of drinking glass
  • rederijker: theater actor
  • roemer: large wine glass
  • sla: salad
  • stamppot: traditional Dutch dish made with mashed potatoes
  • stuivers: dutch coins
  • volkorenbrood: wheat bread
  • zaal: salon or main room of a house