devotchka

Definitions

A girl, especially one of Russian descent.

rare

Equivalents

Examples

“This evening in the Korova there was a fair number⟳ of vecks and ptitsas and devotchkas and malchicks smecking and peeting away, and cutting through their govoreeting and the burbling of the in-the-landers with their 'Gorgor fallatuke and the worm sprays in filltip slaughterballs' and all that cal you could slooshy a popdisc on the stereo, this being Ned Achimota singing 'That Day, Yeah, That Day'.”

“His arm wrapped her shoulders, and he dropped a kiss on her head. "Come⟳ on, devotchka. I'm taking you home."”

“Meanwhile, three churlish mops stroke their cheeks at the top of the stairs as if to remind⟳ the first guest that they are truly the rosy-cheeked devotchkas of yore.”

““Comrade Golovkin,” he said. “It is a terrible afternoon, devotchka. May I offer⟳ you a ride⟳ back to the Kremlin?””

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