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Examples
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Sprinkle yourself with cologne, get it from Lubov, to drive away the smell of the kabak.
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The performance was repeated when he reached the next kabak, which looked very inviting; but he resolutely set his face against entering, and passed on.
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When Polikey reached the first kabak (tavern) he found that from long habit the mare was naturally turning her head toward it; but he would not allow her to stop, though money had been given him to purchase both food and drink.
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Sprinkle yourself with cologne, get it from Lubov, to drive away the smell of the kabak.
The Man Who Was Afraid Maksim Gorky 1902
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The per - formance was repeated when he reached the next kabak, which looked very inviting; but he resolutely set his face against entering, and passed on.
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories [a machine-readable transcription] 1890
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"You talk nonsense," says a neighbour; "he was in the kabak [gin-shop] last week."
Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880
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The question under discussion was whether a kabak, or gin-shop, should be established in the village.
Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880
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The more industrious, respectable members of the Commune, backed by the whole female population, were strongly opposed to the project, knowing full well that a kabak would certainly lead to the ruin of more than one household; but the enterprising trader had strong arguments wherewith to seduce a large number of the members, and succeeded in obtaining a decision in his favour.
Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880
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Well, one day he went to a kabak, intoxicated himself with liquor, and then went staggering home blind drunk.
Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore William Ralston Shedden Ralston 1858
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When the peasant got home, Woe bid him to the _kabak_ or pot-house.
Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore William Ralston Shedden Ralston 1858
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