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- noun Plural form of
bock .
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Examples
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The only advantage I can see is that the new location is on a major intersection, while the old location was on a major road three bocks from a major intersection.
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Second, any old American recipe that is billed as a bock is immediately suspect in my mind: while they were called bocks, they bear little resemblence to what we would now think of as a "bock" and they bear even less relation to true German bocks of the time decoction mashing, moderately high ABV, continental hops.
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Second, any old American recipe that is billed as a bock is immediately suspect in my mind: while they were called bocks, they bear little resemblence to what we would now think of as a "bock" and they bear even less relation to true German bocks of the time decoction mashing, moderately high ABV, continental hops.
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Simply pairs and groups of young men and women chattering amiably in front of their "bocks" or their "Americains."
Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance Richard Le Gallienne 1906
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Immediately a man with a white apron appeared, carrying two "bocks," which he set down, foaming, on the table, spilling some of the yellow liquid on the sandy floor in his haste.
Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant Guy de Maupassant 1871
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Colonies, and often he could distinguish through the window the figure of the little black-skinned maid serving "bocks" or glasses of brandy to the sailors of the port.
Original Short Stories — Volume 13 Guy de Maupassant 1871
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Immediately a man with a white apron appeared, carrying two "bocks," which he set down, foaming, on the table, spilling some of the yellow liquid on the sandy floor in his haste.
Original Short Stories — Volume 05 Guy de Maupassant 1871
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Colonies, and often he could distinguish through the window the figure of the little black-skinned maid serving "bocks" or glasses of brandy to the sailors of the port.
Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant Guy de Maupassant 1871
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From six to eight glasses piled up on the table in front of him indicated the number of "bocks" he had already absorbed.
Original Short Stories — Volume 05 Guy de Maupassant 1871
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From six to eight glasses piled up on the table in front of him indicated the number of "bocks" he had already absorbed.
Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant Guy de Maupassant 1871
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