drosky
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droskies
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This is called the duga, and is the most prominent object to be seen about every wagon, drosky, and kibitka in Russia.
From The Land of Thor by J. Ross (John Ross) Browne
Toward evening I parted with the marquis, mounted a drosky, and rode to the country theatre at Pedroski.
From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 by John Lloyd Stephens
Mounted in a drosky, I hurried from church to church, from convent to convent, and from quarter to quarter.
From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 by John Lloyd Stephens
Relieved from all anxiety as to our future movements, we again mounted our drosky.
From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 by John Lloyd Stephens
A chief officer of police, who was one day dashing along the Nevsky Prospect in a handsome drosky drawn by a fine pair of horses, was met by the Emperor Nicholas.
From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Maturin Murray Ballou
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
The legal charge for conveyance in droskies is as moderate as is their accommodation, but a foreigner is always charged three or four times the regular fare.
From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Maturin Murray Ballou
Sleepily we said our last good-byes to the family, took our seats in the droskies, and soon the Hospitalnayah Ulitza was lost to sight.
From From Plotzk to Boston by Israel Zangwill
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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