Anise-flavored liqueur and aperitif from France.
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Examples for "pastis "
Examples for "pastis "
1 I sat for twenty minutes over my pastis and then I ordered dinner.
2 Taleb sat at the end of the table, drinking pastis and discussing French literature.
3 We were just out with friends for a pastis , as you do on Friday night.
4 Hix They make this thing called Cornish pastis now.
5 Pour in the wine, brandy, sherry and pastis , and cook for two minutes to evaporate the alcohol.
1 A raki table? he asked, referring to the aniseed-flavored spirit popular in Turkey.
2 At the bar they drank raki , a Turkish drink made of fresh grapes.
3 But one the greatest of all Turkish temptations is raki , a clear aniseed-flavoured liquor.
4 A table of raki ? Intolerance of dissent in Turkey is increasingly raising eyebrows abroad.
5 He was smiling as he finished, warm with the raki , glad to be alive.
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