person
Lieutenant Negodyaev
Negodyaev
also: Негодяев
The unseen landlord whose house the want-ad's address leads to; a speaking surname built on "негодяй" ("scoundrel"), delivering the piece's punchline in the same deadpan register as the rest of the notice.
Reading notes
- A Cook Wanted §1 Negodyaev
A speaking surname built on "негодяй" (negodyay), "scoundrel" or "good-for-nothing"; the joke's punchline, naming the master of the house a rascal in the same deadpan register as the rest of the ad.