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droskies

  • plural
    of drosky.
    drosky
    noun

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Formerly every one rode in these droskies, the fares being very low.

From In and Around Berlin by Minerva Brace Norton

There are two sorts of hack droskies in Saint Petersburg.

From Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar by R. T. Landells

For that purpose they hired all the gigs, droskies, cabs, or "machines," about a fortnight beforehand.

From Thrift by Samuel Smiles

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 Boris Pilniak

Russians here were even working as labourers, drivers of droskies, etc.

From Through Siberia and Manchuria By Rail by Oliver George Ready

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