concept
Stukolka
stukolka
also: стуколка
A simple Russian gambling card game popular among the provincial gentry and officialdom; the men's peacetime pastime, resumed just as quarrelsomely as their hunt in the story's closing lines.
Reading notes
- The Twenty-Ninth of June (the tale of a hunter who never hits his mark) §110 stukolka
A simple Russian gambling card game (also called shtoss-like 'knocking' game) popular among the provincial gentry and officialdom -- the men's peacetime pastime, resumed just as quarrelsomely as their hunt.
- Ladies and Gentlemen, Townsfolk (Господа обыватели) §64 cards
Stukolka, a simple Russian gambling card game popular among provincial officialdom and clergy alike; the fire chief's wife has just lost at it.
- M. P. §7 stukolka
A simple, fast-paced Russian card game for money, popular in mixed company; losing at it -- and losing someone else's money at it -- was a recognizable mark of a feckless spendthrift.
- To N. A. Leikin, 25 December 1883. Moscow. §8 stukolka
A simple Russian card game for stakes, popular in provincial and merchant society; Chekhov describes an all-night game on Christmas Eve.
- To A. I. Smagin, 11 December 1891. Moscow. §5 should You yourself win a hundred rubles at stukolka
\textbf{стуколка} -- stukolka, a simple Russian card-gambling game popular among the provincial gentry and officialdom; Chekhov jokingly proposes that any winnings from a night's play could go toward the horse fund.