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Russian
Etymology
Rhyming reduplication of шту́чки (štúčki, “(little) things”).
Pronunciation
Noun
шту́чки-дрю́чки • (štúčki-drjúčki) f inan pl (genitive шту́чек-дрю́чек, plural only)
- (vernacular, humorous, ironic or derogatory) (little) things, bits and bobs, odds and ends (miscellaneous things)
- Там вся́кие шту́чки-дрю́чки валя́лись. ― Tam vsjákije štúčki-drjúčki valjálisʹ. ― There were various bits and bobs lying around there.
- (vernacular, humorous, ironic or derogatory) mumbo-jumbo, (little) tricks (odd and hard-to-understand things)
- Я не сильна́ во вся́ких там юриди́ческих шту́чках-дрю́чках. ― Ja ne silʹná vo vsjákix tam juridíčeskix štúčkax-drjúčkax. ― I'm not versed in all the legal stuff.
Declension