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deficit good

noun

Etymology

Calque of Russian дефици́тный това́р (deficítnyj továr, “scarce commodity”, literally “deficit good”).

  1. calqued from дефици́тный това́р

Definitions

  1. A commodity which was chronically difficult for citizens of the Soviet Union to obtain

    A commodity which was chronically difficult for citizens of the Soviet Union to obtain; particularly one which was considered a necessity or only a very basic luxury in the West, such as toilet paper or a car.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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