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Meaning of droshky | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈdɹɒʃki

Definitions

An open horse-drawn carriage, especially in Russia.

Equivalents

Čeština drožka
Deutsch Droschke
Français drojki
Polski dorożka fiakier
Русский дроги дрожки

Examples

“Of late years, cabriolets, and English stanhopes, and tilburys, have been introduced into St. Petersburgh; but the real national carriage for the town is the Droshky.”
“Was Tchitcherine there at all? sitting back in the dingy room while the lift cables slapped and creaked through the walls, and down in the street, rarely enough to matter, a droshky rattled whip-snapping over these black old cobbles?”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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