transportation by relays of people or horses, especially in the East Indies.
mail delivered by such transportation.
First recorded in 1820–30, dak is from the Hindi word ḍāk
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Or you could take your enchiladas as cooked by Shiku in Los Angeles for a special last winter, beneath a guajillo and ancho chili dak galbi sauce and perilla salsa.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
Ultimately it was over dak galbi in Koreatown that they two would finally meet, in October, the first of many meals together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2016
The stew, dak jjim, is just a few ingredients, including Korean red chile flakes, but oh, what a sight — and oh, what a mom!
From Washington Post
He had a vague memory of hiring a dak cart driver to take him down the road.
From Insidekick by Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)
The rain ceases, and, with water flinging from my wheel, I seek the civil lines and the dak bungalow three miles farther down the road.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas
“Our ability to score runs right now is not very good. You get a good start out of Dak. You get an opportunity there at the end. It’s obviously frustrating.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 9, 2022
“Absolutely not. He's our future. He's special. If anyone can overcome anything it will be Dak. It's something our doctors feel like he'll overcome, and he'll come back better than ever.”
From Fox News ● Oct. 13, 2020
He is a Rhodes Scholar who served S. Dak. honorably in Congress for years.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2014
Bill's son Rick, 31, a former high school guidance counselor in Iroquois, S. Dak., who returned to Wall in March, may some day take over the reins.
From Time Magazine Archive
The passengers themselves were healthy, and remained so after landing and until they reached the distant points of Carthage, Ohio, Crow River, Minn., and Yankton, Dak., where their goods were unpacked.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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