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Борис Цукановasked for translation 8 years ago
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Which word for alcoholic content is said to derive from the times, when sailors set fire to their rum to check its potency?

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    Для определения содержания алкоголя какое используется слово, возникшее в те давние времена, когда матросы поджигали свой ром, чтобы проверить его крепость?

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grumbleradded a comment 8 years ago

крепКость

grumbleradded a comment 8 years ago

and the term is, I think, "gunpowder (proof)"

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