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- noun A
traditional Hungarian fruit brandy .
Etymologies
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Examples
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So, at some point in the not too distant future we will have our own palinka, which is a very exciting prospect.
Csíkszereda musings 2008
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A bottle of palinka, only half full, stood with its cap off on the windowsill.
The Paprika Ewer 2008
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She cleared the card table, poured out the palinka, and when she had finished, she washed what dishes there were.
The Paprika Ewer Marc Fitten 2008
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A bottle of palinka, only half full, stood with its cap off on the windowsill.
The Paprika Ewer Marc Fitten 2008
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She cleared the card table, poured out the palinka, and when she had finished, she washed what dishes there were.
The Paprika Ewer 2008
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Apple pie with whiskey crust, Caramel-cranberry-almond with cognac, chocolate cream with frangelico or amaretto, triple berry with slivovitz, maple-nutmeg cream with apricot palinka…
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As a wave of panic and depression spread throughout the team, Rissa—who had a store of palinka, a Hungarian apricot brandy, which she had picked up during a recent conference in Budapest—began distributing drinks to those most in need.
The Goddess and the Bull MICHAEL BALTER 2005
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The neutral fluid streamed down upon the floor like a water fall and, gradually gaining ground, forced the flaming _palinka_ [31] back further and further, till at last the infernal blue light was gradually extinguished.
The Poor Plutocrats M��r J��kai 1864
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Appearance: Mountains, forests, fast-flowing rivers, picturesque castles, sleepy villages, horse carts, elderly peasants ploughing land with age-old implements, blacksmiths sloshed on the deadly local brew palinka plying their time-honoured trade.
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The government's plan to legalize private palinka distilling will reduce tax revenue by several billion forints, data from Hungary's Customs and Excise Tax Office
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