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"For Tea" Tip (Na Chayok)
tip for tea
also: на чаек, na chayok
The customary small cash tip solicited from someone one has served, literally "for a little tea"; Kuzma's closing bid for a gratuity, undercut by the fact that the tenants declined every cottage he showed them.
Reading notes
- The Kulachye's Nest §102 A little something for tea
Na chayok ("for a little tea") -- the customary small tip solicited from those one has served, here Kuzma's closing bid for a gratuity despite the tenants having declined every cottage he showed.