Obs. rare. [? Malay.] (See quots.)
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Tampoy, a curious sort of drink in the Moluccaes and Philippines made of a kind of Gilliflowers.
1823. Crabb, Technol. Dict., Tampoy, a sort of drink made of gilliflowers.
1909. Daily Chron., 23 Aug., 4/7. The mention of British wines … has set an octogenarian sighing for a beverage called ‘tampoy,’ which was highly esteemed in Early Victorian days.
