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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The telega in which we were seated—a four-wheeled skeleton cart—did not submit to the ill-treatment so silently.
From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir
Do you think of the miles he has traveled, in a telega, over snow-covered steppes, and the smoking samovar of tea that awaited him, his journey for the day ended?
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 by Various
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
Tell me rather why you sleep in the telega.
From The Precipice by Goncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovich
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
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