person
Khikhikin
also: Хихикин
A merchant whom the clerk Osetrov is ordered to visit in dress uniform for no clear reason -- a small errand dressed up as official business.
Reading notes
- Office Notations §10 the merchant Khikhikin
A merchant Osetrov is ordered to visit in full dress uniform on a vague pretext -- the name (from khikhikat', 'to snigger') telegraphs the pettiness of the errand.