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- noun
Comrade , especially with reference to the former USSR.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I have a deal for you, tovarish. by Michael Fury on Tuesday, Nov 25, 2008 at 11: 18: 42 AM
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Tambovski wolk tebe tovarish (no offense, just a cruel joke).
OpEdNEws Demands Civility Among Disagreeing Progressives 2008
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Our plans had succeeded so well, however, that no supporting fire from the upper village came and the snipers in the forward part of the village seeing themselves abandoned, threw their guns and came rushing forward shouting "tovarish, tovarish," meaning the same as the German "kamerad."
The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Harry H. Mead
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I know it, tovarish, I have talked vit many German soldiers.
Jimmie Higgins Upton Sinclair 1923
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Now please fasten your seat belt, tovarish, put your seat in the upright position, and pour yourself a nice Stoli!
Ace of Spades HQ 2009
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Now please fasten your seat belt, tovarish, put your seat in the upright position, and pour yourself a nice Stoli!
Ace of Spades HQ 2009
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And @tovarish Both parties are sold out to the banks.
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British ambassador to Chisinau, John Beyer, allowed himself to be decorated by tovarish Voronin, a dictator, a hypocrite, a show-off, a scoffer at of the idea of Europe-an inveterate bolshevik, pure and simple, who benefits from
signandsight.com 2009
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