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- Russian · calque ofмешочники
- English todaybag people
Calque of Russian мешочники (mešočniki), from the large sacks they often carried.
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bag people
Today it means: Small-scale peddlers or traders operating in the wake of economic and political collapse, often having been displaced from the cities into the countryside. Full definition →
Russian мешочники