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mahorka|məˈhɔːkə|
Also makharka, makhorka.
[Russ. makhórka shag.]
A coarse tobacco smoked in Russia mostly by soldiers and peasants. Also attrib.
1902R. N. Bain tr. Tales from Gorky ix. 263 The chums were going along the high-road smoking makharka cigars of their own manufacture. 1949I. Deutscher Stalin i. 22 The circles met in the workers' own overcrowded slum-dwellings and filled the air with the biting smoke of makhorka. 1951Koestler Age of Longing iv. 68 The tall old man with the dignified stoop, the mahorka smell and the sparkling, close-set eyes. Ibid. vi. 94 Old Arin sat down on the foot of the bed, smoking his mahorka cigarettes. 1962Listener 2 Aug. 182/2 The sights and sounds of St Petersburg—..the smell of Mahorka tobacco and of the droshkies. 1964Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 22 Nov., Villagers in the Caucasus have been smoking a mossy mixture known as mahorka. |