Russki
Americannoun
Etymology
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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All night long the two troop trains rattled along the Russki railway or stood interminably at strange-looking stations.
From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Jahns, Lewis E.
I was bête enough to write an article in the Russki Mir—the mildest of articles.
From Doctor Claudius, A True Story by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
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.
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