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tolkach

tolkach noun: in the Soviet Union, an employee whose role was to use informal connections to make it possible for their enterprise to meet or manipulate the government-imposed targets.

Noun

tolkach (plural tolkachs or tolkachi or tolkachy)

  1. (historical) In the Soviet Union, an employee whose role was to use informal connections to make it possible for their enterprise to meet or manipulate the government-imposed targets.
    Synonyms:
    pusher

Synonyms of tolkach

Forms of tolkach

pluraltolkachs
pluraltolkachi
pluraltolkachy

Origin of tolkach

Borrowed from Russian толкач (tolkač).

Questions about tolkach

What does tolkach mean?
Tolkach means in the Soviet Union, an employee whose role was to use informal connections to make it possible for their enterprise to meet or manipulate the government-imposed targets.
What part of speech is tolkach?
Tolkach is a noun.
What is the plural of tolkach?
The plural of tolkach is tolkachs.

Words near tolkach in the dictionary

  1. toliprolol
  2. tolite
  3. Toliver
  4. Tolivers
  5. Tolka
  6. tolkach
  7. tolkachi
  8. tolkachs
  9. tolkachy
  10. Tolkacz
  11. Tolkein

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