фарцовщик

Russian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [fɐrˈt͡sofɕːɪk]

Noun

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фарцо́вщик (farcóvščikm anim (genitive фарцо́вщика, nominative plural фарцо́вщики, genitive plural фарцо́вщиков, feminine фарцо́вщица)

  1. (historical, strongly disapproving) huckster, spiv (a person engaged in фарцо́вка (farcóvka). Фарцовщик was a Soviet era term for a person illegally selling something, a "private vendor", "private seller", as it was forbidden in the USSR to be self-employed)

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