arshin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of arshin
First recorded in 1725–35; from Russian arshín, from Tatar aršïn or a cognate Turkic word, ultimately from Persian
Example Sentences
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To Chichikov's curses at Selifan for not having drawn out of the way with more alacrity a rural constable with moustaches of the length of an arshin added his quota.
From Dead Souls by Hogarth, D. J.
Sometimes Vologonov knocks at the partition-wall with a superannuated arshin measure which has only fifteen vershoki of its length remaining.
From Through Russia by Hogarth, C. J.
As almost every one with claims to respectability, and certainly every one without any, keeps a consul, it follows that there is one consul per superficial meter, arshin, or cubit of Ezekiel within the city.
From Letters of Travel (1892-1913) by Kipling, Rudyard
An arshin is 0.77 of a yard, so any one who knows decimals can tell exactly how high the little man was and the precise length of his beard.
From Old Peter's Russian Tales by Mitrokhin, Dmitri
"It was a ruble an arshin, I suppose?"
From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
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