kvass

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At first he wandered up and down selling beer and kvass--filling the cups of all who wished to drink But he was driven to fare forth again, and again took up the life of a vagrant and a toper.

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  1. noun A Russian fermented beverage similar to beer, made from rye or barley.

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  • Coca Cola is off the menu; at this restaurant there is only kvass. —  The St. Petersburg Times
  • Deb (19: 25) - "kvass-If so, will he re-decorate the White House … and host the annual Christmas tour?" —  WordPress.com News
  • At first he wandered up and down selling beer and kvass--filling the cups of all who wished to drink But he was driven to fare forth again, and again took up the life of a vagrant and a toper. —  Maxim Gorki
  • Johann Schmidt might long for his kvass, and draw in his thin, wan lips at the thought of the taste of it, and bend his black brows and close his sharp eyes as in a dream--it was all of no use, there was no change in store for him. —  A Cigarette-Maker's Romance
  • And the lay brother would have to give out kvass or hay or to answer: "Address yourself to the priest, my good woman, we have not the authority to give permission." —  The Bishop and Other Stories
 

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  1. Russian kvas, from Old Russian kvasŭ.

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  1. = French kvas = German kevass, from Russian kvasŭ, a drink so called.
 

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