dvorniks

I looked at the few people passing in the streets and at the dvorniks.

The Kreutzer Sonata 2003

At St. Petersburg the _dvorniks_ or house janitors were directed to spy upon the residents and to report their movements to the secret police.

The Story of Russia R. Van Bergen

Then the _dvorniks_, or house-porters, resplendent in clean white aprons, make their appearance, giving the usual salutation, and one or two roubles must be given.

Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Various

"There was one o 'them dvorniks" (doorkeepers), he resumed in a voice of silky softness.

Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories Perceval Gibbon 1902

He passed Number Seventeen without a sign from its dvornik, and in the gate of Number Fifteen two dvorniks were gossiping and did not turn their heads as he passed.

Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories Perceval Gibbon 1902

The house he sought was near by; as he cleared the angle, he dropped into a swift walk that the new row of dvorniks might not mark him at once for a fugitive, and strode along sharply under the wall where it was darkest.

Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories Perceval Gibbon 1902

There were spectators by now, dvorniks who came running and passers-by upon the other side who appeared from nowhere as though suddenly materialized.

Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories Perceval Gibbon 1902

I looked at the few people passing in the streets and at the dvorniks.

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories [a machine-readable transcription] 1890

His was a quiet house, and he did not care for strangers, especially at this time, when every man looked askance at a new-comer and the police gave the dvorniks no peace.

The Vultures Henry Seton Merriman 1882