单词 | yamstchik |
释义 | ‖ yamstchik|ˈjæmstʃɪk| Also 8 yamsheek, 9 yems(t)chick, -schik, yamshik. [Russ. yamshchik, f. yam yam n.2] The driver of a post-horse.
1753Hanway Trav. (1762) I. ii. xii. 56 It was so worded as to signify either post-horses or yamsheeks. [1833R. Pinkerton Russia 21 The peasantry..furnish the horses, and each drives his own. They are called yamstchiki.] 1855Englishw. in Russia 40 The yell of the yemstchick inciting his team to greater speed. 1896‘H. S. Merriman’ Sowers xxiv, Paul..driving with both hands and extended arms, after the manner of Russian yemschiks. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXV. 15/1 Parties..of yamshiks—a special organization of Old Russia entrusted with the maintenance of horses for postal communication. |

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