двустволка

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Russian

Etymology

двуство́ль(ный) (dvustvólʹ(nyj)) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Pronunciation

Noun

двуство́лка (dvustvólkaf inan or f anim (genitive двуство́лки, nominative plural двуство́лки, genitive plural двуство́лок)

  1. 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.
  1. (slang, animate) prostitute
  2. (slang, animate) chick, girl
  3. (slang) female breasts, tits, boobs

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