Russky
Americannoun
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Russkies,
plural
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Russkis
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Russky
C20
Example Sentences
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An official at Russky Dom in Berlin directed Reuters inquiries to a spokesman.
From Reuters ● Jan. 23, 2023
Ships are seen near the Russky Bridge connecting to the Russky Island at a cold day in far-eastern city of Vladivostok, Russia December 26, 2021.
From Reuters ● Mar. 14, 2022
“People don’t want to wait; people need to be able to get into Europe for various personal reasons,” explained Anna Filatovskaya, Russky Express tour agency spokeswoman in Moscow.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 9, 2021
For now, there is no Parmesan at Russky Parmesan, but there is his version of a Swiss Emmenthal, and Gorgonzola, and plenty of yogurt topped with sweet jams, the farm’s best seller.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2016
In describing the capture of Kalusz the "Russky Slovo" says that the Russian cavalry entered the town at noon and found it abandoned by the garrison.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds
One for me, one for my brother, who is just barely old enough to remember Mike Eruzione and the gang defeating the Russkies in hockey at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics.
From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2012
In the opening Area 51 scene, he uses it to disarm about a quillion Russkies, and to swing in Errol Flynn style from one warehoused beam to another.
From Time Magazine Archive
But you sure remember that, earlier, they beat the Russkies.
From Time Magazine Archive
I'm in favor of sending Ricky to sit in at conference with the Russkies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Well," Hank said, "I'm sick of it, too, and I haven't any answer either, but I'll be darned if I've heard the Russkies propose one.
From Combat by Mack Reynolds
Because there were so many Russians in the area nobody bothered much about “Spyville,” he said, “Everybody knew it was the Russkis and that was it.”
From New York Times ● May 4, 2022
British, French and Americans thought he was letting the Russkis slip something over on the whole Allied expedition.
From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Lewis E. Jahns
Rumor at the base always magnified the action at the front and always fancied riot and uprising in every group of gesticulating Russkis seen at a dusky corner of the city.
From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Lewis E. Jahns
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