refresco
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refrescos
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Set out the ingredients for a refresco or two.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2018
I entered one of the booths, and ordered a refresco, a bitter, syrupy decoction, with a tang of turpentine.
From The Story of Seville by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley
And not wishing to say more, he gulped down the rest of the glass, devoting himself hastily to the confection of the second "refresco" in order to make up for lost time.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
By the Golden Tower there are seats under the trees, and the kiosks of the refresco sellers, who dispense orange-water, lemonade and sarsaparilla to the sailors and the girls from the tobacco factory.
From The Story of Seville by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley
And after a second "refresco" from Uncle Caragol, he became submersed in a placid nirvana, seeing everything rose-colored and considerably enlarged,—the sea, the nearby boats, the docks, and Montjuich in the background.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
Never forgetful of the respect due to every visitor in his dominion, he prepared two "refrescos."
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
Esteban esteemed highly the "refrescos" of the cook.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
When he returned to his hotel he found Mr. Carbajal in the cafe concocting refrescos for some military officers, who scanned the American with bold, hostile glances.
From Rainbow's End by Rex Ellingwood Beach
They returned, in the intermissions, to chaperons complacent or secretly disturbed, where they had, principally, refrescos; but their attitude was one of progress and conscious, patronizing superiority to old-fashioned customs.
From San Crist?bal de la Habana by Joseph Hergesheimer
They, on view, neither smoked nor drank anything but refrescos.
From San Crist?bal de la Habana by Joseph Hergesheimer
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