Droshky

A droshky or drosky (Russian: дрожки (plural); Polish: dorożka (singular); Estonian: troska (singular)) is a term used for several types of carriage, including:

The name comes from the Russian word droga, pole of a wagon. Baroosh was, briefly in the 1850s, a colloquial Muscovite term for the Droshky.

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  1. ARTFL Project: Webster Dictionary, 1913. American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language, University of Chicago.
  2. "Definition of droshky - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary". M-w.com. 2012-08-31. Retrieved 2014-04-16.


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