drosky
Americannoun
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droskies
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We gave him our list, and he went ahead in a drosky.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Mary King Waddington
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
We started to accompany him, and just at the door of the hotel saw two runaway horses coming furiously down the street with a drosky, and an officer entangled and dragging on the ground.
From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 by John Lloyd Stephens
They say of him, "He is only fit to drive a drosky."
From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Maturin Murray Ballou
While in quarantine I had received an invitation to 257dine with Mr. Baguet, and had barely time to make one tour of the city in a drosky before it was necessary to dress for dinner.
From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) by John Lloyd Stephens
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 Thomas Wallace Knox
It appeared as if the whole population of the town had turned out; private carriages, tramways, droskies alike were all crammed, driving in the same direction with the ceaseless stream of pedestrians.
From Round About the Carpathians by Andrew F. Crosse
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
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
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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