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Definition of Dvorniks
1. dvornik [n] - See also: dvornik
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dvorniks
Literary usage of Dvorniks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Underground Russia; Revolutionary Profiles and Sketches from Life by S. Stepniak, Petr Alekseevich Lavrov (1885)
"I began to raise objections, and spoke of the dvorniks, the servant and the landlady.
... Don't the dvorniks count for something ? They will let us enter, ..."
2. Intimate Letters from Petrograd by Pauline Stewart Crosley (1920)
"Our guests had to come in the back way, through the kitchen! The dvorniks bring
up the daily supply of wood. The cook told me we could have no meals. ..."
3. The Downfall of Russia: Behind the Scenes in the Realm of the Czar by Hugo Ganz (1904)
"Formerly, use was made of the " dvorniks " (janitors) and butcher-boys to bring
the students to reason. But that is no longer practicable. ..."
4. The Downfall of Russia: Behind the Scenes in the Realm of the Czar by Hugo Ganz (1904)
"Formerly, use was made of the " dvorniks " (janitors) and butcher-boys to bring the
... The " dvorniks " and butcher-boys have hesitated of late to come out ..."
5. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... the dvorniks sweeping the sidewalks, the closed shops,— all passed like a
flash before his eyes; he noticed everything, and tried to stifle the hope ..."
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