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drosh⋅ky

[drosh-kee]
–noun, plural -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; < Russ drózhki, orig. dim. of drógi a long, bodyless wagon, pl. (functioning as sing.) of drogá one of the shafts joining the front and rear axles of a wagon
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drosh·ky   (drŏsh'kē)   
n.   pl. drosh·kies also drosh·kys also drosh·kys also dros·kys
An open four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage formerly used in Russia and Poland.

[Russian drozhki, diminutive of drogi, wagon, pl. of droga, shaft of a wagon.]
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