quass
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Oh! be not quass of nika; Thy seahoose turn on me; For thou must but hyas cumtux, That I hyas tikkee thee!
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick
Carbuncled with wine, and bloated with quass and cabbage soup, I’ll bet my head, Dominico, she’s a countess!
From The Land of Thor by Browne, J. Ross (John Ross)
Our diner du voyage consisted of pilmania, roast beef, and partridge with bread, cakes, tea, and quass.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace
Then he gave a sign, and the slave dipped a gourd full of quass and passed it to Ligoun, as was fit, for his was the highest rank.
From Children of the Frost by London, Jack
We have seen small urchins not more than seven or eight years old with a store of wax-tapers or picture-books, or quass, of which they pressed all passers-by with the greatest pertinacity to become purchasers.
From Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar by Landells, R. T.
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