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Russian
Etymology
двуство́ль(ный) (dvustvólʹ(nyj)) + -ка (-ka)
Pronunciation
Noun
двуство́лка • (dvustvólka) f inan or f anim (genitive двуство́лки, nominative plural двуство́лки, genitive plural двуство́лок)
- double-barrelled shotgun
1885, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Егерь; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Huntsman, 1918:Мужчи́на де́ржит в рука́х двуство́лку со взведёнными курка́ми и щу́рит глаза́ на своего́ ста́рого, то́щего пса, кото́рый бежи́т впереди́ и обню́хивает куста́рник.- Mužčína déržit v rukáx dvustvólku so vzvedjónnymi kurkámi i ščúrit glazá na svojevó stárovo, tóščevo psa, kotóryj bežít vperedí i obnjúxivajet kustárnik.
- The man held a double-barrelled gun cocked in his hand, and screwed up his eyes in the direction of his lean old dog who was running on ahead sniffing the bushes.
- (slang, animate) prostitute
- (slang, animate) chick, girl
- (slang) female breasts, tits, boobs
Declension