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makhorkas

makhorkas is the plural 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 makhorkas

What is makhorkas the plural of?
Makhorkas is the plural of makhorka.

Words near makhorkas in the dictionary

  1. Makhnovites
  2. Makhnovshchina
  3. Makhnovshchyna
  4. makhonee
  5. makhorka
  6. makhorkas
  7. makhtesh
  8. Makhuwa
  9. Makhuwa-Meetto
  10. Makhuwa-Shirima
  11. makhzan

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