slivovitz

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1. 1
   noun

   a strong, usually colorless brandy distilled from fermented plums, traditionally made in the Balkans and Central or Eastern Europe

   The driver offered his guest a small glass of slivovitz against the winter cold.

Borrowed through European forms of Serbo-Croatian šljivovica, "plum brandy," from šljiva, "plum," + the noun-forming suffix -ica. Related names occur across Slavic languages for plums and spirits distilled from them.

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