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tolkach

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tolkach
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In the Soviet Union, an employee whose role was to use informal connections to make it possible for their enterprise to meet or manipulate the government-imposed targets.

Etymology

Etymology tree Russian толкать (tolkatʹ) Old East Slavic -ачь (-ačĭ) Russian -ач (-ač) Russian толкач (tolkač)bor. English tolkach Borrowed from Russian толкач (tolkač).

Inflected Forms

tolkachs (plural) tolkachi (plural) tolkachy (plural)

Synonyms

pusher

Questions

What does tolkach mean?
In the Soviet Union, an employee whose role was to use informal connections to make it possible for their enterprise to meet or manipulate the government-imposed targets.
Where does tolkach come from?
Etymology tree Russian толкать (tolkatʹ) Old East Slavic -ачь (-ačĭ) Russian -ач (-ač) Russian толкач (tolkač)bor. English tolkach Borrowed from Russian толкач (tolkač).

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