troika
noun
a Russian carriage, wagon, or sleigh drawn by a team of three horses abreast.
troikas
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pluralof troika.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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What counts, at least as far as selling the show is concerned, is the mash-up of a classic title with a modern sensibility, so that troikas and patronyms become sports cars and upspeak.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
At a horse show, Nehru was just getting interested in the trotting horses and troikas, when he was dragged away to see Swan Lake at the Bolshoi Theater.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Thank you—well, I have only just gotten home myself. And I confess, I have grown weary of train schedules and troikas, seasickness and hot air balloons.”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Do not try to scare us with your frenzied troikas from which all the nations stand aside in disgust.
From The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The station keeper owned the horses we hired, and we learned he was accustomed to declare his regular troikas "out" on all possible occasions.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox
