Droshky

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɹɒʃki/

Origin

From Russian дрожки (dróžki), plural diminutive of дроги (drógi, "wagon, hearse"), plural of дрога ("centre pole of a carriage")

Full definition of droshky

Noun

1. An open horse-drawn carriage, especially in Russia.
• 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow, 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?