telega
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of telega
First recorded in 1550–60; from Russian teléga, probably ultimately from Mongolian; compare classical Mongolian telege(n) “carriage”
Example Sentences
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Although the journey was not continued by night the telega was still Godfrey's constant place of abode.
From Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia by Paget, Walter
He seated himself in his telega, in which lay two trunks, one containing his pistols, the other his effects.
From Stories by Foreign Authors: Russian by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich
On the third day the servant managed to hire a telega from a superior farmer and they started immediately, the heavy luggage having been consigned to a merchant vessel at Yakutsk.
From Rezanov by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
He stopped to watch us as we plunged into the flood, with our Russian telega for a ferry-boat.
From Across Asia on a Bicycle by Allen, Thomas Gaskell
The woman pointed to the telega in silence.
From The Precipice by Goncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovich
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