English
fartsovshchik
Fartsovshchik comes from Russian фарцо́вщик ‘huckster, spiv (a person engaged in фарцо́вка…’.
- Russianmodernфарцо́вщикfarcóvščik‘huckster, spiv (a person engaged in фарцо́вка (farcóvka). Фарцовщик was a Soviet era term…’
- Englishearliest quotation 1986fartsovshchik
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Russianmodernфарцо́вщикfarcóvščik‘huckster, spiv (a person engaged in фарцо́вка (farcóvka). Фарцовщик was a Soviet era term…’
- Englishearliest quotation 1986fartsovshchik
Earliest quotation: 1986, Marc Polonsky, Russell Taylor: “Locate a potential fartsovshchik – anyone under forty with…”
Every English word from Russian фарцо́вщик
Today it means
noun A person involved in the illegal trade of fartsovka.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Russian фарцо́вщик / fartsovshchik