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  • And so after Mr. Ellestad has established that the Darb is to be made with apricot liqueur rather than eau-de-vie, he takes the trouble to find out that "Darb" is vintage American slang for something attractively excellent.

    Stomping Through the Savoy 2008

  • Caravans "), alias Darb el-Ashárif (" Road of the Sherifs "), a winding gap, the old line of the Egyptian pilgrims, by which the

    The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855

  • Caitlin, thank you for those more than generous comments on A Darb Matter.

    "I want to be where I don't need to hide myself..." greygirlbeast 2010

  • COLLAPSED: A man examined the site of a residential building collapse that killed seven people Wednesday in the Darb el-Ahmar area of the historic Islamic quarter of Cairo.

    Pictures of the Day: July 14 2010

  • Hannah said, “Sticks and stones, Darb, sticks and stones.”

    Just Add Magic Cindy Callaghan 2010

  • Darb al-Ahmar,” a street still existing near to and outside the noble Bab Zuwaylah, for which see vol. i.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • I have noted (Pilgrimage iii. 2) how the Darb al-Sharki or Eastern road from Meccah to Al – Medinah was due to the piety of Zubaydah who dug wells from Baghdad to the

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • The book is often silent on whether a drink like the Darb calls for a fruit eau-de-vie (a clear, dry brandy made by fermenting a fruit and then distilling it) or a fruit-flavored liqueur (made by macerating fruit in a grape brandy such as cognac, and then sugaring it).

    Stomping Through the Savoy 2008

  • One of its principal branches is the Darb al-Mandal or magic mirror, of which more in a future page.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Darb al-Asfar” in the old Jamalíyah or Northern part of Cairo.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

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