cerveza
n.— «On my way to Ebebiyin, I was stopped several times by underpaid or rarely paid soldiers who demanded bribes—in their parlance cerveza, or beer money.» —“A Touch of Crude” by Peter Maass Mother Jones Jan.-Feb., 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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