| Word | dacha |
|---|---|
| Definition | n. A (second) country house owned by a rich Russian family. |
| Sentence | Once, when she was younger, prettier, more full voiced, her admirer, Nikolai Petrovich Kolpakov, was sitting in the mezzanine of her dacha. |
| Source | "The Chorus Girl", Fifty-Two Stories, Anton Chekhov, tr. P&V, p. 124 |
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