droskies
- plural of drosky.
Example Sentences
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For a distance of three versts from the gate of St. Petersburg the road was thronged with carriages and droskies, and crowds of gayly-dressed citizens, all wending their way toward the scene of entertainment.
From The Land of Thor by Browne, J. Ross (John Ross)
For that purpose they hired all the gigs, droskies, cabs, or "machines," about a fortnight beforehand.
From Thrift by Smiles, Samuel
Numberless and numbered droskies were darting through the streets, carrying gayly dressed officers making their ceremonious calls.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace
In the holidays they drove about together in droskies, and told fortunes: Kseniya Ippolytovna was presented with a waxen cradle.
From Tales of the Wilderness by Pilniak, Boris
Formerly every one rode in these droskies, the fares being very low.
From In and Around Berlin by Norton, Minerva Brace
