Word: droog
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...Moscow, where people are quick to catch the political drift, anyone can get a laugh today by starting out in high-pitched Russian, "Ya i moi droog . . ." a phrase which appears often in Khrushchev's speeches, meaning "I and my friend . . ." i.e., Bulganin. Jokes about Bim and Bom, famed Russian circus clowns, have suddenly found a new popularity in Moscow...
...businessmen call the Partisans sincere fighters, worthy of support. He spent an afternoon with a Partisan brigade commander in a red-roofed, limestone house in a mountain town, going over maps, plans, requirements. The Partisans made full notes of all they told him-to forward to Drug (Comrade, pronounced "droog") Tito,† Marshal of the Partisans, at his Bosnian headquarters...