Kibick (1723); Paprika (1851) and Slivovitz (1845)
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KIBICK/KIBITKA
THE PRESENT STATE OF RUSSIA
by Friedich Christian Weber
in two volumes
London: W. Taylor
1723
VOLUME ONE
Pg. 199:
It is firmly believed the Czar will take the first opportunity of revenging himself on those Tartars, (in their own Language called _Kibicks_ from their Tents)....
(Kibick=tent. Same as Kibitka?--ed.)
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PAPRIKA--The MOA (Mich., books) has the ENCYCLOPAEDIA AMERICANA, 7th edition, 1851, pg. 476 (under "HUNGARY"):
...Turkish pepper (_paprika_), fruits (particularly plums, for the sake of the brandy prepared from them, called _slivovitza)_....
SLIVOVITZ--The MOA (Cornell) has LIVING AGE, 6 September 1845, pg. 486, "a glass of slivovitsa."
(I searched for "slivo*"--ed.)
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