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droshky

[ drosh-kee ]

noun

plural droshkies.
  1. a light, low, four-wheeled, open vehicle used mainly in Russia, in which the passengers sit astride or sideways on a long, narrow bench.
  2. any of various other carriages, used mainly in Russia.


droshky

/ ˈdrɒskɪ; ˈdrɒʃkɪ /

noun

  1. an open four-wheeled horse-drawn passenger carriage, formerly used in Russia
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of droshky1

1800–10; < Russian ó쾱, originally diminutive of ó a long, bodyless wagon, plural (functioning as singular) of Dzá one of the shafts joining the front and rear axles of a wagon
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of droshky1

C19: from Russian drozhki, diminutive of drogi a wagon, from droga shaft
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In the near vicinity of the inn stood a droshky.

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I secure one of the many small droshkies, of which there are hundreds, and all shaky and open like the public vehicles of sunny Naples.

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We were driven over in a troika, or droshky, with one horse trotting in the middle and one on each side, in full gallop.

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On such occasions his nurse always accompanied him in a covered droshky, because the prince liked to ride out of bravado, but was most unsafe in his saddle.

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We had no difficulty in distinguishing the numerous promenaders that filled the alleys of the boulevard, and we heard the noise of the droshkys and four-horse equipages that rolled in every direction.

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