leben
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of leben
C17: from Arabic laban
Example Sentences
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“I’m in dry-goods business twenty years—fifteen on Grand Stritt and five on Graham Am-yer and never ins leben do I see a seven months so big.”
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
The fermented milk of India called Dadhi 39 resembles in all essential points the Bulgarian fermented milk as well as the leben and other forms of fermented milk in use in the East.
From The Bacillus of Long Life a manual of the preparation and souring of milk for dietary purposes, together with and historical account of the use of fermente by Douglas, Loudon
In summer they supply the place of the latter by milk, leben, and fresh butter.
From The Bacillus of Long Life a manual of the preparation and souring of milk for dietary purposes, together with and historical account of the use of fermente by Douglas, Loudon
Dräseke has happily expressed the conception that to love is truly to live: “Wir finden hier demnach die Lehre: Willst du leben, liebe.”
From The Parables of Our Lord by Arnot, William
Two sellers of leben, or sour milk, which is extremely scarce and dear all over the Hedjaz.
From Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred by Burckhardt, John Lewis
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