drosky
Americannoun
plural
droskiesExample Sentences
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Riding out to the suburbs, the drosky boy stopped at a large wooden building, pouring forth steam from every chink and crevice.
From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 by Stephens, John Lloyd
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 Stephens, John Lloyd
But in a city like St. Petersburg, where it is at least two or three miles from one place to another, every body with twenty kopecks in his pocket uses the drosky.
From The Land of Thor by Browne, J. Ross (John Ross)
There is still an hour, for both are coming to Elberthal—an hour of unalloyed delight; then”—he snapped his fingers—“a drosky, an address, a crack of the whip, and ade!”
From The First Violin A Novel by Fothergill, Jessie
Like the driver, it is generally dirty and dilapidated; but here the similitude ends; for, while the former is often high, his drosky is always low.
From The Land of Thor by Browne, J. Ross (John Ross)
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