samogon

noun

1. In Russia, home-distilled illegal spirit, similar to vodka; moonshine.

   uncountable

   I'd be given a room in a peasant's house, next door to the cowshed, and light chores, […] drinking tea with whoever fancied himself as the local liberal, keeping them company over samogon in winter […]

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Russian самого́н (samogón), from само- (samo-, “self”) + stem of гнать (gnatʹ, “to distill”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry samogon (CC BY-SA 4.0).

← samizdatsamovar →

Another random word More words starting with S