Molotov breadbasket

Meaning

Noun

Origin

  • Coined around 1940 to describe cluster munitions used in Finland by the Soviet Union during the 1939–1940 Winter War. From Molotov + bread basket, after Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. Compare Molotov cocktail.

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