zek

[ zek ]

/ zɛk /

(in the former U.S.S.R.) an inmate of a forced-labor camp.

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

anchorite

No, my beloved and respected feller-citizen of native birth, it's as plain to me as the wheels of 'Zek'el and the year 1843.
The End Of The World|Edward Eggleston
Zechstein, zek′stīn, n. a deposit of calcareous rock which covers the Kupfer-schiefer.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
How does Hankins know that 'Zek'el's livin' creeters means one thing more'n another?
The End Of The World|Edward Eggleston