raki

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The servants were clearing away the coffee and the raki, and bearing off the open and half-emptied cigar-boxes.

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  • And they gave up their best artificer, who joined the Fallaji camp as the raki's apprentice. —  JEFF GRUBB
  • ;I am but a simple raki, a servant of the qadir, his name be most revered, his thoughts be most wise. —  JEFF GRUBB
  • The idea that the tribe's raki was seeking out the Secret Heart of the Thran once more would not have been a comforting thought to the leader of the Fallaji The retreat from Korlinda had been harrowing, and only one of every five men who entered Korlis returned to Fallaji lands. —  JEFF GRUBB
  • The other tribal chieftains made sure that the raki was all right and asked about the health of the qadir as a secondary matter. —  JEFF GRUBB
  • It had been many years since the raki had first conjured the mak fawa, and now his people needed more There were whispers, which the qadir assured Mishra were completely disbelieved by anyone who truly counted, that the raki was afraid of his brother's flying machines and his brother's power Ashnod had watched the entire dressing-down, silent as a woman among the Fallaji was expected to be. —  JEFF GRUBB
 

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  1. Turkish rāqī, from Arabic 'araq, arrack; see arrack.
 

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/ˈræki/
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