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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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
Next morning early, he moved on with his attendant lad, in a comfortable telega, toward Z�lotonosha, escorted by a number of mounted peasants armed with pikes and scythes.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Zakhar, who had made it easy for Skshetuski to see the prisoners, comforted him while returning to the telega.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
One woman was rolling a cask, the coachman was chopping wood, a peasant got into the telega and gathered up the reins—Boris saw only unfamiliar faces.
From The Precipice by Goncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovich
The woman pointed to the telega in silence.
From The Precipice by Goncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovich
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