батрачка

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Russian

Etymology

батра́к (batrák) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Pronunciation

Noun

батра́чка (batráčkaf anim (genitive батра́чки, nominative plural батра́чки, genitive plural батра́чек)

  1. female equivalent of батра́к (batrák): hired woman
    • 1879, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава шестая”, in Однодум; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Singlemind, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Супру́жеская жизнь обходи́лась ему́ ничу́ть не доро́же холосто́й; напро́тив, тепе́рь ему́ ста́ло да́же вы́годнее, потому́ что он, приведя́ в дом жену́, то́тчас же отпусти́л батра́чку, кото́рой мно́го ли, ма́ло ли, а всё́-таки плати́л рубль ме́дью в ме́сяц.
      Suprúžeskaja žiznʹ obxodílasʹ jemú ničútʹ ne doróže xolostój; naprótiv, tepérʹ jemú stálo dáže výgodneje, potomú što on, privedjá v dom ženú, tótčas že otpustíl batráčku, kotóroj mnógo li, málo li, a vsjó-taki platíl rublʹ médʹju v mésjac.
      Conjugal life cost him no more than bachelorhood; on the contrary, now it became even more profitable for him, because, having brought home a wife, he immediately dismissed the hired woman he had paid no less than a copper rouble a month.

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