Molotov-cocktail
noun
1.
a crude incendiary grenade consisting of a bottle filled with a flammable liquid and a wick that is ignited before throwing: used originally for setting fire to enemy tanks during the Spanish Civil War.
/ˈmɒləˌtɒf/
noun
1.
an elementary incendiary weapon, usually a bottle of petrol with a short-delay fuse or wick; petrol bomb
n.
1940, a term from Russo-Finnish War (used and satirically named by the Finns), from Molotov (from Russian molot “hammer”) name taken by Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Skriabin (1890-1986), Soviet minister of foreign affairs 1939-1949.
Molotov cocktail [(mol-uh-tawf, mol-uh-tawv)]
An incendiary bomb made from a breakable container, such as a bottle, filled with flammable liquid and provided with a rag wick. Used by the Soviets against the invading German armies in World War II, these bombs were nicknamed after V. M. Molotov, a foreign minister of the Soviet Union at that time.
noun
A haircut in which the side hair is shaved off, leaving a brushlike line of hair down the middle of the scalp: like this guy that comes into Mattie’s all the time with a Mohawk/all make a good Mohawk
[1970s+; fr its fancied resemblance to the hairstyle of Mohawk Indian males; the style was much affected by the punk rockers]
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