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Prekrasnovkusov
A loud, self-satisfied minor official whose comically apt surname means "of fine taste"; he arrives uninvited on Easter Eve to collect his holiday tip and ends up eating and drinking his host's spread to nothing.
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- Zakuska (Appetizers) §6 Prekrasnovkusov
A loud, self-satisfied minor official (his name literally means "of fine taste") who arrives uninvited with a junior colleague to collect his holiday tip and ends up eating and drinking his host out of house and home.