Meaning
A thick, sweet peanut drink blended from peanut butter (or ground peanuts), milk or condensed milk, vanilla, and nutmeg, served cold. Rich and filling, it is sold from coolers at shops and roadsides and prized as an energy and 'strength' drink — often reputed, with a wink, to be good for stamina and virility.
Examples
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Buy mi a cold peanut punch from di shop.
Buy me a cold peanut punch from the shop.
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Peanut punch thick an it full yuh up.
Peanut punch is thick and it fills you up.
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Dem seh peanut punch gi yuh strength.
They say peanut punch gives you strength.
Origin
A Caribbean blended peanut beverage; 'punch' here means a rich sweetened milk drink. See [[condensed-milk]].
How it’s used
A thick sweet blended peanut-and-milk drink; reputed as a 'strength'/stamina drink. One of several Jamaican 'punches'. See [[carrot-juice]], [[guinness-punch]].