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mahorka

mahorka is the alternative form of makhorka.

Meaning of makhorka

Noun

makhorka (usually uncountable, plural makhorkas)

  1. (Russia, usually) A coarse, strong type of tobacco (Nicotiana rustica), especially grown in Russia and Ukraine.
    • Carefully refolding the paper, he put it away and rolled himself a cigarette of powerful makhorka in the strip of newspaper.1938, Seema Rynin Allan, Comrades and citizens, page 113
    Synonyms:
    Aztec tobacco, mapacho, wild tobacco

Questions about mahorka

What is mahorka the alternative form of?
Mahorka is the alternative form of makhorka.

Words near mahorka in the dictionary

  1. Mahoran
  2. Mahorans
  3. Mahorese
  4. Mahori
  5. Mahoris
  6. mahorka
  7. Mahoumed
  8. Mahoumet
  9. Mahound
  10. mahout
  11. mahouted

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