Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Any receptacle or utensil made of twigs, straw, or the like, as a basket, a hat, or a beehive.

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Examples

  • The debate is further complicated by ruskie pierogi, with a filling of potato, white cheese and onion.

    In praise of… pierogi | Editorial 2011

  • So what, you want some elitist intellectual speaker type or a real leader who is ready to pull the trigger at the drop of a ruskie pin?

    McCain Camp's Defense Against Sturgis Beauty Pageant Critics: He Was A POW! 2009

  • Recipes include old favourites like corned beef pie and porridge but also some unusual recipes such as soupa de pedra (stone soup) and pierogi ruskie (Polish dumplings).

    Not all Pie and Chips in Merthyr then Valleys Mam 2008

  • Perhaps GATES and Dr. Hodgson are ever so slightly jealous of the success of the humble Merthyr Pie and would seek to emulate this by entreating us to beat a pathway to Merthyr for the questionable pleasure of indulging in.....soupa de pedra (stone soup) and pierogi ruskie (Polish dumplings)?

    Not all Pie and Chips in Merthyr then Valleys Mam 2008

  • I have a miniature brothers Karamazov who dubs me ruskie.

    Y.P.R.: Everything Is Translated 2003

  • Then move on to pierogi ruskie - dumplings stuffed with cottage cheese - or sliced duck swimming in sweet apple cinnamon sauce.

    NYT > Home Page By INGRID K. WILLIAMS 2011

  • The Chelski fellow stevie (sky) was slagging of the team, he can talk, bought a few trophies with ruskie money, 5 years out of 50.

    Yahoo! Sports - Top News 2010

  • The Chelski fellow stevie (sky) was slagging of the team, he can talk, bought a few trophies with ruskie money, 5 years out of 50.

    Yahoo! Sports - Top News 2010

  • LOL well, not to be too crass, but them ruskie girl spys sure look purty some time.

    Latest Articles 2008

  • From Józef Bartłomej Zimorowicz, Sielanki nowe ruskie "New Ruthenian Eclogues", 1663.

    languagehat.com: SVOJA MOVA. 2005

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  • "Any receptacle or utensil made of twigs, straw, or the like, as a basket, a hat, or a beehive." --Cent. Dict.

    May 17, 2011