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pivo

pivo noun: a type of Central and Eastern European pilsner.

pivo: a type of Central and Eastern European pilsner
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Noun

pivo (uncountable)

  1. A type of Central and Eastern European pilsner.
    • Remember boys—I’m telling you these games are getting livelier and more exciting as time goes on and also remember the more members that stay at home the more pivo and sandwiches we attending members have—not only that but all the fun we are having at the same time, is that something to miss—NO NO...1946, The North American Union News: Official Organ North American Union Life Assurance Society, volumes 50–54, page 19 and unknown page
    • The guys had a case of American Beer from the Pittsburgh brewing company and some Russian pivo (beer – tasted like Pilsner Urquell).1991 December 21, Paul M. Cole, “Palm Trees in Moscow”, in POW/MIA Accounting, volume I (Searching for America’s Missing Servicemen in the Soviet Union), Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, published...

Examples of pivo in a sentence

  • I was overlooking the former Hotel Relax, my car papers safely at my side, a tall glass of pivo in hand.2006, Angus Bell, “The Village That Beat Poland”, in Slogging the Slavs: A Paranormal Cricket Tour from the Baltic to the Bosphorus...
  • The more pivo or slivovice you’ve had, the more forced your perspectives grow.2009, Bernd Herzogenrath, “Introduction: The Return of Edgar G. Ulmer”, in Bernd Herzogenrath, editor, Edgar G. Ulmer: Essays on the King...

Origin of pivo

From Russian пи́во (pívo), Czech and Slovak pivo.

Questions about pivo

What does pivo mean?
Pivo means a type of Central and Eastern European pilsner.
How do you use pivo in a sentence?
I was overlooking the former Hotel Relax, my car papers safely at my side, a tall glass of pivo in hand.
What part of speech is pivo?
Pivo is a noun.

Words near pivo in the dictionary

  1. Pivirotto
  2. Pivirottos
  3. PIVKA
  4. PIVKAs
  5. pivmecillinam
  6. pivo
  7. pivopril
  8. pivot
  9. pivot bridge
  10. pivot bridges
  11. pivot gearing

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