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Zakuska Zuh Koos Kuh Noun Hors D'oeuvre Tractvanna Oleg Stock

Back zakuska \zuh-KOOS-kuh\
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noun
An hors d'oeuvre.

"Do you have anything for zakuska, Tractvanna?" Oleg took stock of the table: boiled potatoes, bread, canned peas and sardines, a clove of garlic. -- Marina Sonkina, "Tractorina's Travels," Lucia's Eyes and Other Stories

I drink a shot, take a bite of marinated mushrooms in sour cream. Humankind has yet to invent any better zakuska. Even Nanny's half-sour pickles can't hold a candle to this. -- Vladimir Sorokin, Day of the Oprichnik

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