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A Fig with Butter
also: Кукиш с маслом
The invented provincial newspaper Pochitaev edits; its name is a Russian idiom for getting nothing at all, a running joke on the paper's fortunes.
Reading notes
- O Women, Women! §1 A Fig with Butter
The invented name of Pochitaev's provincial newspaper — "a fig with butter" is a Russian idiom for getting absolutely nothing, a sly joke at the paper's (and the editor's) expense.