kovbasa
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kovbasa (countable and uncountable)
- Alternative form of kubasa.
- 1985 February, Halia Kotovych, “Letters”, in Student, volume 17, number 84, Ukrainian Canadian Students’ Union, page 4:
- Chopping a kovbasa in half has absolutely NOTHING to do with Ukrainian traditions, for one thing, and it trivializes the significance of Ukrainian culture to merely a gastronomic experience.
- 1990 summer, Bohdan Krawchenko, “National Memory in Ukraine: The Role of the Blue and Yellow Flag”, in Journal of Ukrainian Studies, volume 15, number 1, Edmonton, Alta.: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, page 19:
- An ovation greeted the introduction of P. Svidsitsky representing Donbass. He said, “They lie to you when they say that we went on strike to take kovbasa from all of Ukraine. . . . You can’t shut us up by kovbasa and we will not sell our mothers for it. We want democracy. […]”
- 1993 March, Mike Kornylo, “[Off the wall…] From the treasurer…”, in Novyny, Edmonton, Alta.: Ukrainian Canadian Students’ Union, page 5:
- They'd have lots of kovbasa and pyrohy, with dijon sour cream.
- 2016 November 10–23, Cheryl Balay, “‘You Love It, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah…’: Beatles parody rocks UMCE’s Taste of Kovbasa”, in Ukrainian News, volume LXXXIX, number 22, Edmonton, Alta., page 10:
- Each supplier generously donated sausage samples in two categories: traditional kovbasa and special recipes.