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devotchka

devotchka noun: a girl, especially one of Russian descent.

Noun

devotchka (plural devotchkas)

  1. (rare) A girl, especially one of Russian descent.
    • This evening in the Korova there was a fair number of vecks and ptitsas and devotchkas and malchicks smecking and peeting away, and cutting through their govoreeting and the burbling of the in-the-landers with their 'Gorgor fallatuke and the worm sprays in filltip slaughterballs' and all that cal...1962, Anthony Burgess, edited by Mark Rawlison, A Clockwork Orange, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, published 2011, →ISBN, page 115
    • His arm wrapped her shoulders, and he dropped a kiss on her head. "Come on, devotchka. I'm taking you home."1984, Möeth Allison, Russian Roulette, →ISBN, page 115

Forms of devotchka

pluraldevotchkas
alternative formdevochka

Origin of devotchka

Borrowed from Russian де́вочка (dévočka, “girl”).

Questions about devotchka

What does devotchka mean?
Devotchka means a girl, especially one of Russian descent.
What part of speech is devotchka?
Devotchka is a noun.
What is the plural of devotchka?
The plural of devotchka is devotchkas.

Words near devotchka in the dictionary

  1. Devos
  2. DeVoss
  3. DeVosses
  4. devotaries
  5. devotary
  6. devotchka
  7. devotchkas
  8. devote
  9. devoted
  10. devotedest
  11. devotedly

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