slivovic

English

Etymology

See slivovitz.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

slivovic (countable and uncountable, 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.