troika
IPA: trˈɔɪkʌ
noun
- A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast.
- A party or group of three, especially a ruling council of three people in Russian contexts.
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Examples of "troika" in Sentences
- At full speed a troika can reach.
- In the meantime, the troika finally broke up.
- In the meantime, the 'troika' finally broke up.
- In a troika, only the center horse wears a saddle.
- A story telling peasant rides in the second troika.
- The troika is popularly known as The Miller Sisters.
- In July he was arrested and tried by the NKVD troika.
- A few more minutes pass and the troika reaches the station.
- Riding in a troika with a guide, they became lost in unfamiliar country.
- Members of the troika shall serve at the pleasure of the Arbitration Committee.
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