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The French obtain from these berries the _Genièvre_ (_Anglice_ "geneva"), from which we have taken our English word "gin."
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Beer taps literally flowed all day, warm-wine smelled of a certain unnecessary sweetness, and something called a 'geneva' came in either pumpkin or pomegranate flavors.
This Just In 2009
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Beer taps literally flowed all day, warm-wine smelled of a certain unnecessary sweetness, and something called a 'geneva' came in either pumpkin or pomegranate flavors.
This Just In 2009
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Beer taps literally flowed all day, warm-wine smelled of a certain unnecessary sweetness, and something called a 'geneva' came in either pumpkin or pomegranate flavors.
This Just In 2009
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7. In the 18th century, "geneva" was an alternative name for which drink in London and Holland?
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7. In the 18th century, "geneva" was an alternative name for which drink in London and Holland?
August 2009 2009
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If you had the H1N1 flu do you still need the vacine? geneva
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The geneva convention on the aquistion of land through war and people moving to that land only applies to states or “high contracting parties.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Telling Interview with the Director of Amnesty Israel 2010
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The loss of habeas corpus, rampant domestic spying on millions of Americans and formulating a rationale aorund the geneva conventions for torture and frank says maybe alberto is a bit inept.
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Correct me if I am wrong, but (from memory) civilians ARE under the geneva convention, and are spies, sabateurs, etc.
Discourse.net: Constitution to Remain Suspended -- Official 2010
chained_bear commented on the word geneva
"Putting the story down simply as one of the tales whores often told to elicit sympathy and the odd extra glass of geneva, he had not bothered to ask for further details."
—Diana Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes (NY: Bantam Dell, 2005), 25
January 27, 2010
ThatsBaloneyMan commented on the word geneva
"I believe, an' please your honour, quoth the corporal, that if it had not been for the quantity of brandy we set fire to every night, and the claret and cinnamon with which I plyed your honour off; -----And the geneva, Trim, added my uncle Toby, which did us more good than all-----I verily believe, continued the corporal, we had both, an' please your honour, left our lives in the trenches, and been buried in them too." ---Tristram Shandy, Vol. V, Ch. XXXVII
April 14, 2013