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- noun Alternative spelling of
shchi .
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Examples
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Yet, despite this flourishing position of affairs, he still preserved the stoical tendencies in which, to tell the truth, he took a certain vague pride before his family and strangers, since he would frequently say with a stutter: “Any one who REALLY wishes to see me will be glad to see me even in my dressing-gown, and to eat nothing but shtchi [Cabbage-soup.] and kasha [Buckwheat gruel.] at my table.”
Youth 2003
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At a long wooden table were seated some twenty soldiers, eating shtchi (cabbage soup) from a great tin wash-tub with wooden spoons, and talking loudly with much laughter.
Chapter 9. Victory 1922
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a certain vague pride before his family and strangers, since he would frequently say with a stutter: "Any one who REALLY wishes to see me will be glad to see me even in my dressing-gown, and to eat nothing but shtchi [Cabbage-soup.] and kasha [Buckwheat gruel.] at my table."
Youth Leo Tolstoy 1869
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With that he finished his portion, and helped himself to a generous measure of niania25 — the dish which follows shtchi and consists of a sheep’s stomach stuffed with black porridge, brains, and other things.
Dead Souls 1842
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