droshky

American  

[drosh-kee] / ˈdrɒʃ ki /

noun

• droshkies
  plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• droshkies
  plural

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

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droshky droshkies

The doomed man was in good spirits as the droshky put him down at the door of my house.

From The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War by Upward, Allen

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

From My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year by Train, George Francis

I only need something to bind up this scratch, and I can reach home on foot, or you can send a droshky for me.

From Fathers and Children by Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich

The depths beneath must be great, for sometimes my droshky is nearly submerged, and the lava-like stream floods our small vehicle.

From Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod by Vay, P?ter

I told him that it was a trick, and he answered me by putting on his best uniform and calling a droshky.

From The Great White Army by Pemberton, Max, Sir

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

A very curious example of his conservatism I noted in his remarks regarding the droshkies of St. Petersburg.

From Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 by White, Andrew Dickson

"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 Dowden, Edward

It was terribly cold, and no droshkies were to be had.

From With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia by Ward, John