droshky

American  

[drosh-kee] / ˈdrɒʃ ki /

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.

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droshky British  

/ ˈdrɒskɪ, ˈdrɒʃkɪ /

noun

1. an open four-wheeled horse-drawn passenger carriage, formerly used in Russia

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Etymology

Origin of droshky

1800–10; < Russian drózhki, originally diminutive of drógi a long, bodyless wagon, plural (functioning as singular) of drogá one of the shafts joining the front and rear axles of a wagon

Example Sentences

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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