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SAS

noun
1.
A specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups).  Synonym: Special Air Service.






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"Sas" Quotes from Famous Books



... not speak the language very correctly,' said I; 'it is not Sas you should call me—'tis Sassannach,' and forthwith I accompanied the word with a speech full ...
— Lavengro - The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest • George Borrow

... Mountagnes, u Pastou malhurous Segut aue pe d'u Hau, negat de plous, Sounyabe aue cambiamen de sas amous. ...
— Barn and the Pyrenees - A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre • Louisa Stuart Costello

... poisas ton ouranon kai tn gn kai tn thalassan kai panta ta en autois, ho dia stomatos Dabid tou paidos sou eipn.—Acts iv. ...
— Inspiration and Interpretation - Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford • John Burgon

... all in high spirits, and Jasper proposed to adjourn to a public-house. As we were proceeding to one, a very fine horse, led by a jockey, made its appearance on the ground. Mr. Petulengro stopped short, and looked at it steadfastly: "Fino covar dove odoy sas miro—a fine thing were that, if it were but mine!" he exclaimed. "If you covet it," said I, "why do you not purchase it?" "We low gyptians never buy animals of that description; if we did we could never sell them, and most likely should be had up as horse-stealers." ...
— Isopel Berners - The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 • George Borrow

... we part, Give, oh, give me back my heart! Or, since that has left my breast, Keep it now, and take the rest! Hear my vow before I go, Zoe mou, sas agapo. (My life, ...
— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 2 (of 4) • Various



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