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- noun Plural form of
samovar .
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Examples
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"We're both collectors by nature," says Olya Thompson, referring to the samovars, national costumes, rugs, porcelains, antique books and mountains of vintage fabrics that she and partner Nathalie Farman-Farma have amassed between them and draw upon for their year-old fabric company, Tissus Tartares .
Designing Russia Alexandra Marshall 2011
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Second on the list is the Trans-Siberian Railway, Russia/Central Asia, a six-day train journey from Moscow to Beijing, where Russian businessmen, Mongolian traders and Buddhist monks gather around hot water urns known as samovars to swap stories.
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Tea lovers looking for a sociable drink are advised to take the six-day train from Moscow to Beijing, where Russian businessmen, Mongolian traders and Buddhist monks gather around hot water urns known as samovars to swap stories.
Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news 2009
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Tea lovers looking for a sociable drink are advised to take the six-day train from Moscow to Beijing, where Russian businessmen, Mongolian traders and Buddhist monks gather around hot water urns known as samovars to swap stories.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2009
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Tea lovers looking for a sociable drink are advised to take the six-day train from Moscow to Beijing, where Russian businessmen, Mongolian traders and Buddhist monks gather around hot water urns known as samovars to swap stories.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2009
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Second on the list is the Trans-Siberian Railway, Russia/Central Asia, a six-day train journey from Moscow to Beijing, where Russian businessmen, Mongolian traders and Buddhist monks gather around hot water urns known as samovars to swap stories.
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By a passage the two are separated from a storeroom where, closeted behind a door to which there are a heavy, old-fashioned bolt and many iron and brass screws, Antipa preserves pledges left by his neighbours, such as samovars, ikons, winter clothing and the like.
Through Russia 2003
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By a passage the two are separated from a storeroom where, closeted behind a door to which there are a heavy, old-fashioned bolt and many iron and brass screws, Antipa preserves pledges left by his neighbours, such as samovars, ikons, winter clothing and the like.
Through Russia Maksim Gorky 1902
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Imperial satin and scarlet-beaded dresses; fur-trimmed, white wool, Cossack coats; distressed cashmere knits; shiny, eelskin capes; and silver-embroidered hooded and trained ball-gowns, christened "samovars", reflect the opulence of the Tsars and vanished European monarchies.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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There was a period in my childhood when samovars seemed to be taking over our household.
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