Russki
Americannoun
plural
Russkies, RusskisEtymology
Origin of Russki
1855–60; < Russian rússkiĭ (noun and adj.) Russian
Example Sentences
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Eric Frenzel of Germany celebrated winning the Nordic combined individual competition at the Russki Gorki Center on Feb. 12.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2014
A burgeoning fleet of privately owned automobiles now dominates yellow-tiled Russki Boulevard, having driven into retirement the babushka-topped, overall-clad street cleaners who once were its only traffic.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And truth to tell, many a case of British whiskey was stolen by Yank and Tommie and Russki and Poilu and sent rejoicing on its way through these devious underground channels of traffic.
From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Jahns, Lewis E.
For the Russians a special prevaricating sheet, called the Russki Visnik, is issued.
From The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War by Curtin, D. Thomas
Bush and I discussed the question all night beside our lonely camp-fire under the Russki Krebet, but could come to no decision, and after sleeping three or four hours we started for Anadyrsk.
From Tent Life in Siberia by Kennan, George
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