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molotov cocktail

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Mol=o=tov cock=tail

CIDE DICTIONARY

molotov cocktailn. 
     A home-made incendiary device consisting of a bottle filled with gasoline, and a cloth wick. The wick is lighted, and the bottle thrown at a target, such as a vehicle, where it may shatter and spread intense flames over the vehicle, destroying or damaging it.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

molotov cocktail, n. a crude incendiary device usu. consisting of a bottle filled with inflammable liquid.

Etymology
V. M. Molotov, Russian statesman d. 1986

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