moujik
Britishnoun
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When I was a poor newspaper moujik in Chicago 15 years ago I quit one day and announced I was out to make a million.
From Time Magazine Archive
"He is too much of a moujik," Katya said.
From Verotchka's Tales by Siberiak, Mamin
Page 213—plating amended to plaiting—"... sat a moujik plaiting a bast shoe."
From Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore by Ralston, William Ralston Shedden
Afterwards there came a whole roomful of evil ones, and they asked the rich moujik: “What have you got here that smells so Russian?”
From Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore by Ralston, William Ralston Shedden
The Russian moujik in winter has his frowsy sheepskin coat, and the Russian prince imitates it in costly furs.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
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