OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 58260

makhorka

/məˈkɔː(ɹ)kə/
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majorka • mapacho
A coarse, strong type of tobacco (Nicotiana rustica), especially grown in Russia and Ukraine.
Carefully refolding the paper, he put it away and rolled himself a cigarette of powerful makhorka in the strip of newspaper.
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…
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