Mo|lo|tov cocktail

Mo|lo|tov cocktail
Mo|lo|tov cocktail «M luh tf, -tv; MOL uh-, MOH luh-»,
a crude type of hand grenade, consisting of a bottle filled with gasoline, and having a rag as a wick. It was used in Spain by the opponents of Franco during the civil war of the late 1930's, and in World War II by various irregular or partisan troops.
[< Vyacheslav Molotov, born 1890, a Russian diplomat (because it was used during the Spanish Civil War, when Molotov was involved in Russian international affairs)]

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