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Definition of Slivovic
1. a plum brandy [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slivovic
Literary usage of Slivovic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels and Politics in the Near East by William Miller (1898)
"... Montenegro receives gratis from the benevolence of Russia, while the natives
have a preference for slivovic over our alcoholic liquors. ..."
2. Austria-Hungary: The Polyglot Empire by Wolf von Schierbrand (1917)
"... especially slivovic (plum brandy) and kummel. His bounty has gladdened the
heart and strengthened the stomach of innumerable of his soldiers. ..."
3. The Balkans from Within by Reginald Wyon (1904)
"A man has appeared with a tray, and the officer has helped himself to a glass of
slivovic", tossing it off to his last remark. When the horses arrive I see ..."
4. The Outgoing Turk: Impressions of a Journey Through the Western Balkans by Harry Craufuird Thomson (1897)
"At Orasje the Wachtmeister at the gendarme post comforted us with some of the
excellent slivovic, for which this part of the Posavina is famous. ..."
5. A British Officer in the Balkans: The Account of a Journey Through Dalmatia by Percy Edward Henderson (1909)
"Those members of the sterner sex who composed our party were regaled by the monks
on plum brandy, called throughout the country slivovic, which, ..."
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