гривенник

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Russian

Etymology

From гри́вна (grívna) +‎ -ник (-nik).

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Noun

гри́венник (grívennikm inan (genitive гри́венника, nominative plural гри́венники, genitive plural гри́венников, diminutive гри́венничек)

  1. (colloquial) ten-copeck coin
    • 1973, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “Глава IV. Погоня”, in Мастер и Маргарита; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Master and Margarita, London: Penguin Books, 1997:
      Пропусти́в ми́мо себя́ все три ваго́на, кот вскочи́л на за́днюю дугу́ после́днего, ла́пой вцепи́лся в каку́ю-то кишку́, выходя́щую из сте́нки, и укати́л, сэконо́мив, таки́м о́бразом, гри́венник.
      Propustív mímo sebjá vse tri vagóna, kot vskočíl na zádnjuju dugú poslédnevo, lápoj vcepílsja v kakúju-to kiškú, vyxodjáščuju iz sténki, i ukatíl, sɛkonómiv, takím óbrazom, grívennik.
      Letting all three cars go by, the cat jumped on to the rear coupling-pin of the last one, wrapped its paws around some hose sticking out of the side, and rode off, thus saving himself ten kopecks.

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