bibi
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But it is the interviews with each bibi, including their cooking tips, that make the book, written with Julia Turshen, truly alive.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2020
Depart, yaha bibi, my friend, depart in peace.”
From The Pacha of Many Tales by Marryat, Frederick
Unlike syllables not repeated, dang-gee and dank-kee; tendency to doubling syllables, tete, bibi; babbling yields great pleasure; bibi for "bitte" rightly used.
From The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. by Preyer, William T.
"And what became of the bibi and the chota bibi?"
From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert
No, don't, yaha bibi, my friend," said the pacha, yawning, "your story gets very dry already.
From The Pacha of Many Tales by Marryat, Frederick
After all, it is the grandmothers — the bibis — who tell their stories here.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2020
As much as geography, they are held together by the fact that all the recipes come from bibis — matriarchs — who are home cooks from the region.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2020
"Vaticana bibis, bibis venenum," wrote the Roman satirist Martial in the 1st century: "Drink Vatican and you drink poison."
From Time Magazine Archive
All went well until we came near Chandernagore; we struck a snag; the boat sprang a leak; we feared the bibis would be drowned.
From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert
That wines of a resinous taste were esteemed, appears from Martial: Resinata bibis vina, Falerna fugis.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
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