droshky
noun
a light, low, four-wheeled, open vehicle used mainly in Russia, in which the passengers sit astride or sideways on a long, narrow bench.
droshkies
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pluralof droshky.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the 18903 he got the job of official photographer for Harper's Weekly, which sent him abroad, from Australia to Russia, photographing Chinese sampans and Siberian droshkies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Manhattan Socialite Henry Bergh was 50 when he began to chase droshkies.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It was Russian," he tells Miss Barrett, "and about a fair on the Neva, and booths and droshkies and fish-pies and so forth, with the Palaces in the background."
From Robert Browning by Edward Dowden
The cabs are something inconceivable, wretched, dirty, drenched, without springs, the horse's four legs straddling, huge hoofs, gaunt spines … the droshkies here are a clumsy parody of our britchkas.
From Letters of Anton Chekhov by Constance Garnett
Much of the gorgeous, barbaric splendor of Russian fairs and booths, “with droshkies and fish-pies” on the one hand, and stately palaces on the other, haunted him, and reflected themselves in several of his poems.
From The Brownings Their Life and Art by Lilian Whiting
