slivovic

See slivovitz.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈslɪvəvɪtʃ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈslɪvəˌvɪtʃ/
• Hyphenation: sli‧vo‧vic

slivovic (plural slivovices)

1. Alternative form of slivovitz.
   • 1996, Gordon Stevens, chapter 1, in Kara’s Game, London: HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 31:

     [W]hen I reach the bridge and begin to run across it, I will pray that the sniper who killed old man Samir yesterday and little Lejla the day before, is looking the other way, or moving position as the snipers do, or warming his fingers round a mug of hot coffee, or glancing up and downing a slivovic.

   • 2008, Frank E. Wismer III, “The Reverend Canon Andrew White”, in War in the Garden of Eden: A Military Chaplain’s Memoir from Baghdad, New York, N.Y.: Seabury Books, →ISBN, pages 33–34:

     It is almost impossible to attend a meeting, visit someone at home, or even call upon the sisters at the monastery and not be offered slivovic. Morning, noon, or night … it doesn't matter. When my meeting with the pcelari ended, Mesam presented me with a gift. It was a bottle of slivovic.

   • 2018 July 15 (last accessed) “Company Overview of STOCK Plzen – Bozkov s.r.o.”, in Bloomberg L.P.‎:

     STOCK Plzen – Bozkov s.r.o. engages in the production of spirits and bitters in the Czech Republic. It offers brandy, herbal bitters, vodka, rum, slivovices, liqueurs, wines, and vermouths.