makhorka
English
editEtymology
editFrom Russian махо́рка (maxórka). The Russian term took its name from the Dutch city of Amersfoort, known for its tobacco industry.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmakhorka (usually uncountable, plural makhorkas)
- (chiefly Russia) A coarse, strong type of tobacco (Nicotiana rustica), especially grown in Russia and Ukraine.
- 1938, Seema Rynin Allan, Comrades and citizens[1], page 113:
- Carefully refolding the paper, he put it away and rolled himself a cigarette of powerful makhorka in the strip of newspaper.
- 1949, Naum Jasny, The Socialized Agriculture of the U. S. S. R.[2], page 585:
- More than three-quarters of the Soviet tobacco output consists of makhorka (Nicotiana rustica), a low-grade variety used in other European countries only as an insecticide because of its high nicotine content.
- 2003, David Victor Rosenstein, The Reason to Love This Country[3], page 36:
- We were starving for tobacco—makhorka, actually, which, according to soldiers, helped survive cold, hunger and everyday toil. They gave us one pack of makhorka a month.
Synonyms
edit- (Nicotiana rustica): Aztec tobacco, mapacho, wild tobacco
Translations
editNicotiana rustica
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