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Moscow (ˈmɒskəʊ, U.S. ˈmɒskaʊ) 1. The name of the capital of the U.S.S.R. used allusively to describe the government, political influence, ideology, etc., of the U.S.S.R.
1957C. Hunt Guide to Communist Jargon xxiii. 82 Moscow-appointed officials of a non-Russian Soviet republic. 1967H. Arendt Origins of Totalit. (new ed.) xi. 371 The European Communist parties became branches of a Moscow-directed Bolshevik movement. 1971P. O'Donnell Impossible Virgin ii. 46 He wants a list of our local agents in Prague. Moscow will pay him the earth for that. 1972T. Lilley K Section viii. 57 A Moscow-trained and dedicated Communist. 1974Times 27 Aug. 4/8 Mr Florakis leads the Moscow-orientated rump of the [Greek Communist] party. 2. Moscow mule, a cocktail containing vodka.
1963House & Garden Mar. 114/2 A Moscow Mule (vodka, ginger beer, ice and half a lime). 1965O. A. Mendelsohn Dict. Drink 229 Moscow mule, cocktail of vodka, ginger beer and lime. The concoction is reported to be unknown in Russia. 1969[see Margarita 2]. So ˈMoscowism.
1938Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Mar. 182/1 ‘What Are We To Do?’ is less a work of new thinking than of the application and adaptation of Moscowism. 1940Manch. Guardian Weekly 17 May 388 ‘This book on Poland,’ says Cardinal Hinsley in his foreword, ‘shows that Nazism and Moscowism agree in two broad lines—Godlessness and ruthlessness.’ |