concept
Blue Note (Sinen'kaya)
blue note
also: sinen'kaya, синенькая
Colloquial Russian for a five-ruble banknote, so called for its blue color -- the standard slang for the small tip a householder hands a caller.
Reading notes
- Zakuska (Appetizers) §9 blue note
Sinen'kaya, colloquial Russian for a five-ruble banknote, so called for its blue color -- the standard slang the narrator uses for the tip he hands each caller.