slivovitz

• “He prefers plum brandy, "slivovitz" - which happens to be the name of the first section of the two-part”

  Cleveland Scene

• “ROBERTS: Just as is -- a point of reference, a slivovitz is a very powerful alcoholic drink that's popular in the Balkans.”

  CNN Transcript Feb 16, 2007

• “A few shots of the liquor called slivovitz will make you either flushed or ashen-faced.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time

• “Katjka reappeared with a tray of two-litre beer steins and little flasks of tujica, better known as slivovitz, and flopped down between us with a gusty breath.”

  The Gates of Noon

• “The slivovitz was a great hit, tho Auntie Wanda insisted they all have a drink to celebrate Bec arrival.”

  Briar Rose

• “He turned, still imperious, to the table, placing in the center of its well a small glass beaker, which he filled from a flask until slivovitz reached a marked level circumference.”

  Fictionaut: The DreydelMaker (exerpt)

• “With totally static lips, he could make his puppet drunkenly drawl the words 'a big bottle of Polish slivovitz '- something many would struggle to say for themselves while sober.”

  The Washington Post: The Daily Goodbye

• “Casey raised her eyebrows suggestively and lifted a bottle of slivovitz, a strong Czech liquor made from plums.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Athena Project

• “It seems that Altenberg, who lived out his days in cheap hotels, awoke one morning feeling poorly--probably hung over from a combination of slivovitz and sleeping pills--and decided to spend the day in bed.”

  Archive 2009-05-01

• “Darling du Jour: She ordered slivovitz, which could under no circumstances ever have been in contact with a real plum, and wondered if it were brewed in the same bathtub as the gin.”

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