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Meanings of Saki in English

Portuguese
saqué
Catalan
sake

Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot.

saqué
Portuguese
saki
Spanish
hector hugh munro

British writer of short stories (1870-1916)

saki
Usage of Saki in English
1
I love Saki: very funny and always a sting in the tale.
The Guardian
2
Nora lay on the bed in her odd cell, reading Saki.
The vaults
3
Unagi-Saki, Japan In Japanese cuisine, almost every job has a specific knife for it.
The Guardian
4
But the world has grown into a place that would have suited Saki better.
The Guardian
5
As well as physical death, Saki's animals unleash social mortification.
The Guardian
6
The books of "Saki" were, for me at least, in the second class.
The Chronicles of Clovis
7
Such mastery infers a passion for tidiness which was not in the boyish Saki's equipment.
The Chronicles of Clovis
8
Criticism The satire of Saki by George James Spears.
The Guardian
9
It was Saki-or Saki's equivalent-whoopened the door.
Half Portions
10
Let us take a sample or two of "Saki, 1911."
The Chronicles of Clovis
11
What is Saki's manner, what his magic talisman?
The Chronicles of Clovis
12
No doubt Saki would have been amused by this grisly and comic depiction of the family legend.
The Guardian
13
Some say the misanthropy that made Saki a master of exposing hypocrisy inclined him to personal bigotry.
The Guardian
14
A strange exotic creature, this Saki, to us many others who were trying to do it too.
The Chronicles of Clovis
15
The pen name Saki is taken from the name of the cupbearer in the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
The Guardian
16
Balancing off-beat humour with eerie menace, Wolff comes increasingly closer to Saki than do any of his peers.
The Irish Times
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Catalan
sake
Saki through the time