"slivovice" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Czech slivovice. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cs|slivovice}} Czech slivovice Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} slivovice (uncountable)
  1. Alternative form of slivovitz. Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Alternative form of: slivovitz
    Sense id: en-slivovice-en-noun-wEiCcG9q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2004, Eric Obenauf, Can You Hear Me Screaming?, [Columbus, Oh.]: Two Dollar Radio Publishing, →ISBN, page 134:",
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          "ref": "2009, Bernd Herzogenrath, “Introduction: The Return of Edgar G. Ulmer”, in Bernd Herzogenrath, editor, Edgar G. Ulmer: Essays on the King of the B’s, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 6:",
          "text": "You only have to walk Olomouc streets (or better—the byroads and back-alleys of the old city center), and you are within a German Expressionist set! The more pivo or slivovice you’ve had, the more forced your perspectives grow. Go to the Tourist Office and see the Hanacka Giant, Olomouc’s closest to the Golem!",
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