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tolkachs

tolkachs is the plural of tolkach.

Meaning of tolkach

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

Questions about tolkachs

What is tolkachs the plural of?
Tolkachs is the plural of tolkach.

Words near tolkachs in the dictionary

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

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