ki noun, plural drosh·kies.
1.
a light, low, four-wheeled, open vehicle used mainly in Russia, in which the passengers sit astride or sideways on a long, narrow bench.
2.
any of various other carriages, used mainly in Russia.
Origin:
1800–10; < Russian drózhki, orig. diminutive of drógi a long, bodyless wagon, plural (functioning as singular) of drogá one of the shafts joining the front and rear axles of a wagon
1800–10; < Russian drózhki, orig. diminutive of drógi a long, bodyless wagon, plural (functioning as singular) of drogá one of the shafts joining the front and rear axles of a wagon
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| —n , pl -kies | |
| an open four-wheeled horse-drawn passenger carriage, formerly used in Russia | |
| [C19: from Russian drozhki, diminutive of drogi a wagon, from droga shaft] | |
| drosky or drosky | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from Russian drozhki, diminutive of drogi a wagon, from droga shaft] | |
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