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gorelka

gorelka is the alternative form of horilka.

Meaning of horilka

Noun

horilka (countable and uncountable, plural horilkas)

  1. Ukrainian distilled spirit, sometimes flavoured with hot peppers.
    • In return for a glass of horilka he took us to the other end of the village, showed us an empty hut, and introduced us to its owner.1931, Ekaterina Konstantinovna Breshko-Breshkovskaia, Lincoln Hutchinson ed., Hidden Springs of the Russian Revolution: Personal Memoirs of Katerina Breshkovskaia, Stanford University Press, page 32
    Synonyms:
    brandy, corn-brandy, vodka, whisky, whiskey

Questions about gorelka

What is gorelka the alternative form of?
Gorelka is the alternative form of horilka.

Words near gorelka in the dictionary

  1. goreless
  2. Gorelick
  3. Gorelicks
  4. Gorelik
  5. Goreliks
  6. gorelka
  7. Goren
  8. gorenoise
  9. Gorens
  10. gorer
  11. gorers

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