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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drosky \Dros"ky\, n.; pl {Droskies}. [Russ. drojki dim. of drogi a kind of carriage, prop. pl of droga shaft or pole of a carriage.] A low four-wheeled, open carriage, used in Russia, consisting of a kind of long, narrow bench, on which the passengers ride as on a saddle, with their feet reaching nearly to the ground. Other kinds of vehicles are now so called esp. a kind of victoria drawn by one or two horses, and used as a public carriage in German cities. [Written also {droitzschka}, and {droschke}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: drosky n : an open 4-wheeled horse-drawn carriage formerly used in Poland and Russia [syn: {droshky}]
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