drosky
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An open carriage with four wheels pulled by a horse, used in Poland and Russia
- noun
- Archaic
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drosky
- Tourists took a ride in a brightly painted drosky through the historic streets of the city.
Examples
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The old photograph showed a nobleman sitting comfortably in his drosky.
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They rode in a drosky through the snowy streets.
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In nineteenth-century Russia, the drosky was a common means of urban transport.
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The drosky was beautifully decorated.
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In nineteenth-century Russia, the drosky was a common means of urban transport.
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Tourists took a ride in a brightly painted drosky through the historic streets of the city.
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The old photograph showed a nobleman sitting comfortably in his drosky.
Synonyms
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9.9
An open four-wheeled carriage pulled by a horse used in Russia and Poland
is the same meaning but uses a different spelling form
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word drosky comes from the Polish dorożka, which means 'small carriage' used in towns. That's why a drosky is an open, four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage.