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mastika|mæˈstiːkə|
Also mastica, masticha.
[ad. mod.Gr. µαστίχα mastic.]
= mastic n. 6.
1926P. M. Shand Bk. Wine x. 264 Chios is also the home of the Mastic plant, whence a horrible liqueur, very popular in the Levant, called Chio-Mastica-Raki..is made. 1930E. Waugh Labels vi. 148 He said if one ever drank mastika one returned to Greece. 1966‘S. Harvester’ Treacherous Road ix. 85 They were drinking mastica, the local brandy. 1967A. Lichine Encycl. Wines 346/2 Mastika (or Masticha), a favourite Greek aperitif, made on the island of Chios, from a brandy base with gum mastic added. 1968L. Durrell Tunc iii. 114 He poured me a glass of fiery mastika. 1969Listener 2 Jan. 31/2 The aniseed-flavoured mastika. 1974Times 21 Feb. 14 The guide maintained that, while Bulgarians were indeed virile, this was due more to drinking slivovice and mastika than to anything they ate. |