saki
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
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any of several small mostly arboreal New World monkeys of the genera Pithecia and Chiropotes, having long hair and a long bushy tail
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another name for sake 2
noun
Etymology
Origin of saki
1765–75; < French < Tupi sagui
Example Sentences
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A 10-month-old white-faced saki monkey called Fia and two eight-month-old golden lion tamarin primates, male Pomelo and female Clementine, have all been named by zookeepers recently.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025
That sushi indulgence aside, most of our meals run under $20 a head, beers and saki included — another draw for visiting skiers.
From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2016
So he lazied with geishas, saki, talk and chess.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Director Edgell, whose personal knowledge of Japanese art is rudimentary, left the selection to his associate Mr. Tomita, spent 26 days drinking tea and saki with Japanese wrestlers, silk tycoons, bankers, enjoyed himself immensely.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Each man had his own little table and eight or ten separate dishes, a bottle of saki, tea-pipe, and hibatchi, arranged exactly as ours had been at the tea-house at Yokohama.
From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Brassey, Annie
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