швальня

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Noun

шва́льня (šválʹnjaf inan (genitive шва́льни, nominative plural шва́льни, genitive plural шва́лен)

  1. (obsolete) tailor's
    • 1887, Антон Чехов , Перекати-поле, Санкт-Петербург: Новое время; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Uprooted, 1919:
      Бы́ли битко́м наби́ты не то́лько гости́ные корпуса́, но да́же пека́рня, шва́льня, столя́рная, каре́тная…
      Býli bitkóm nabíty ne tólʹko gostínyje korpusá, no dáže pekárnja, šválʹnja, stoljárnaja, karétnaja…
      Not only the hostel buildings, but even the bakehouse, the tailoring room, the carpenter's shop, the carriage house, were filled to overflowing. . . .

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