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vodky
- Alternative form of vodki
- 1893 January, Gerard Anderson, “Ice Yachting in the Gulf of Finland”, in James H. Worman, editor, Outing: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Sport, Travel and Recreation, volume XXI, New York, N.Y.: […], London: […]: The Outing Company, Limited, page 299, column 1:
- The said Timofei is a gentleman who annually builds unto himself on the icy roadside above mentioned, half-way between Cronstadt and St. Petersburg, and right in the line of traffic, a small cabin, wherefrom he dispenses everything known to the Russian mind in the form of stimulant, from vodky at two kopeks the glass, to Pommery Sec at eight roubles a bottle.
- 1895, A. Hulme Beaman, transl., Master and Man, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton and Company, translation of original by Leo Tolstoy, pages 64–65 and 67:
- Over the table hung a lamp with an embroidered shade brightly lighting up the arrangements for tea underneath, a bottle of vodky, cold refreshments, and the brick walls hung with eikons and pictures. […] At the moment when Nikita came in from the stable she was pouring out some vodky into a thick glass and offering it to Vassili. […] Now the smell of vodky, especially then when he was half dead with cold, troubled Nikita seriously.
- 1918, Srgjan Tucić, The Liberators: A Drama in Three Acts, pages 16, 17, and 62:
- They would like a glass of vodky before dinner. […] [Exit Katya, as soon as the three have entered; returns immediately with a bottle of vodky and liqueur glasses on a tray.] […] Here is vodky, boys. […] Katya will give you a glass of vodky.