Thesaurus / troika
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The effect of this troika on the 2022 team has been totally unsubtle.
THE YANKEES AND DODGERS FOUGHT AN ‘UNCIVIL WAR’ IN THE ‘70S. THAT RIVALRY MIGHT REKINDLE THIS OCTOBER.ROBERT O'CONNELLSEPTEMBER 27, 2022FIVETHIRTYEIGHTWe were driven over in a troika, or droshky, with one horse trotting in the middle and one on each side, in full gallop.
MY LIFE IN MANY STATES AND IN FOREIGN LANDSGEORGE FRANCIS TRAINDeath, with the grin on his fleshless face, is hurrying them along to it as fast as his troika can go.
RAEMAEKERS' CARTOONSLOUIS RAEMAEKERSWe mounted our troika, the postillion shouted, and set off on a run.
INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL IN GREECE, TURKEY, RUSSIA, AND POLAND, 7TH ED. VOL. 2 OF 2JOHN LLOYD STEPHENSThe gate was wide open and out into the street, careering with all its bells jingling, came a troika.
THE HOUSE WITH THE MEZZANINE AND OTHER STORIESANTON TCHEKOFFTroika, troi′ka, n. a Russian vehicle having three horses abreast.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 4 OF 4: S-Z AND SUPPLEMENTS)VARIOUSIn half an hour by the clock I was told I could have a troika at once, in consideration of my special passport.
OVERLAND THROUGH ASIA; PICTURES OF SIBERIAN, CHINESE, AND TARTAR LIFETHOMAS WALLACE KNOXThe horses came very promptly, one troika to Schmidt's lodgings and the other to mine.
OVERLAND THROUGH ASIA; PICTURES OF SIBERIAN, CHINESE, AND TARTAR LIFETHOMAS WALLACE KNOXUnder a shed they found a troika, or three-horse sleigh, with the horses ready harnessed, in charge of a man dressed as a mujik.
THE ANGEL OF THE REVOLUTIONGEORGE GRIFFITHIf I wished to follow the course of the troika, the road on the right was the one to choose.
DARIELR. D. BLACKMOREWORDS RELATED TO TROIKA
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