fartsovshchik
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
1
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Locate a potential fartsovshchik – anyone under forty with a modicum of dress sense. […] Express yourself in a pronounced American accent: no black marketeer worth his salt wants to encumber himself with slumping pounds sterling."
Etymology
From Russian фарцо́вщик (farcóvščik).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: фарцо́вщик