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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