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tass definition

tass (tas, täs)

noun

  1. a small drinking cup or goblet
  2. its contents; a small draft

Etymology: LME tasse < MFr < OFr < Ar ṭāsa, shallow metal cup < Pers tast, a cup

Tass definition

Tass (täs)

noun

a Soviet agency for gathering and distributing news

Etymology: Russ < T(elyegrafnoe) A(gentstvo) S(ovetskogo) S(oyuza), Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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