person
Merzavtsev
also: Мерзавцев, doctor of foul language Merzavtsev
An invented author name built on the Russian merzavets (scoundrel, cad), credited as a "doctor of foul language" on a mock title page in Chekhov's bookshop-catalogue squib.
Reading notes
- At Leukhin's Bookshop §3 Merzavtsev
An invented author's name built on \emph{merzavets} (scoundrel, cad) -- the mock title-page joke of a 'doctor of foul language' with a surname to match.