refresco
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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 Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)
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 Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)
Having strolled a few times up and down this fashionable promenade, we retired to the Neverria de Solos, contiguous to the Prado, to take our refresco.
From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various
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 Jordan, Charlotte Brewster
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 Beach, Rex Ellingwood
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 Hergesheimer, Joseph
Never forgetful of the respect due to every visitor in his dominion, he prepared two "refrescos."
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster
They, on view, neither smoked nor drank anything but refrescos.
From San Crist?bal de la Habana by Hergesheimer, Joseph
Esteban esteemed highly the "refrescos" of the cook.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster
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