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pas·tis

 (pă-stēs′)
n.
A French liqueur flavored with anise or licorice, usually drunk as an apéritif.

[French, muddle, pastis, from Old Provençal pastitz, paste, pasty, from Vulgar Latin *pastīcium; see patisserie.]
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pastis

(pæˈstɪs; -ˈstiːs)
n
(Brewing) an anise-flavoured alcoholic drink
[from French, of uncertain origin]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.pastis - similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood
anise seed, aniseed, anise - liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors
cordial, liqueur - strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal
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We hadn't had a chance to see them much and it was just nice to have a sit down and a little glass of pastis.
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It began in the morning with a farmer's market featuring free pastis and a marching band, continued in the afternoon with a pop concert (maudlin or village, at any time of will be a fete, music concert, or a guided historic ruins French standards mixed with mangled Englishlanguage numbers) and obligatory set-to between warring factions of the local rugby club, and concluded late in the evening with a glitzy "folies bergere" cabaret in the square attended by the village elders and the by-now sober and rather subdued rugby players, their girlfriends and, sitting sheepishly and quietly on the end of a row, me and the navigator.
The property, at 9-19 9th Avenue, is the former home of French bistro Pastis, which closed in 2014.
The result is a zany series of tongue-in-cheek humor, wordplay, and animal magic that will delight any fan of Pastis and his whimsical comic world; very highly recommended for a wide age range.
McNally will soon resurrect one of his most iconic restaurants, Pastis, the glittery French canteen whose popularity among celebrities and scenesters unleashed such a huge tidal wave of development in the Meatpacking District that it eventually took the restaurant down with it.
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