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Russky

American  
[ruhs-kee, roos-, roo-skee] / ˈrʌs ki, ˈrʊs-, ˈru ski /

noun

Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
  • Russkies,
    plural
  • Russkis
    plural
  1. Russki


Russky British  
/ ˈrʌskɪ /

noun

  1. a slang word for Russian

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of Russky

C20

Example Sentences

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Grigory Mikhitaryants, an official at Russky Dom, told Reuters at the time his organisation had obtained tickets for two people to travel to Moscow for the event, but declined to give their names.

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

Driving across Russky Bridge, a $1.3bn passage across the Eastern Bosphorus strait connecting the island with Vladivostok, it’s hard to imagine what life was like before the summit.

From The Guardian Dec. 18, 2015

Even though, in that respect, Russky was undoubtedly still far behind his German opponent, Von Hindenburg, yet he was at that moment in a much better position than any other Russian general.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War by Francis Trevelyan Miller

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

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

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

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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