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  • I used to play a Russian card game called durak idiot.

    Can the Story Substitute For the Win Condition? 2009

  • The word durak (blockhead) was constantly on his lips, and when any bit of work was well done, he took it as a matter of course, and never thought of giving a word of approval or encouragement.

    Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880

  • The interesting to our discussion thin is, that the rules dictated that the last player holding cards is the durak, the idiot, the loser.

    Can the Story Substitute For the Win Condition? 2009

  • Kuzmin was refilling his drink tube when a hand grabbed his shoulder and spun him around on his heels. “You durak!

    365 tomorrows » 2007 » June : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007

  • Compare to rich folk tradition of Russian fairy tales about Ivan-durak Ivan The Fool, who usually escapes with profit all kinds of dangerous adventures and beats the smart guys.

    languagehat.com: BORING. 2004

  • "You will continue your studies in Russia, durak, stupid."

    The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915

  • Sometimes I would wish that I were such a _durak_ as Andrey

    The Dark Forest Hugh Walpole 1912

  • k bir mizah anlay??? olan, izleyicileri dur durak bilmeyen yüksek tempolu bir maceraya sürüklemeyi vaat eden, oldukça s? rad??? ve yarat?

    We Blog A Lot 2008

  • Though not at all a partisan of violent means, he had become infuriated against autocracy and the Tsar, as was shown by his language when he said: 'If that blockhead of a Tsar comes out' (Yesli etot durak

    Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880

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