Plyushkin

Translation of "plyushkin" into Russian

Noun

Plyushkin

Plyushkins pl

Common noun use meaning a compulsive hoarder or miser; countable.

разговорное; ирон.; о человеке, склонном копить хлам

My roommate is such a Plyushkin—she keeps every newspaper she has ever read.

Моя соседка – настоящий плюшкин: она хранит все газеты, которые когда-либо читала.

Additional translations

барахольщик

Adjective

Plyushkin

Used attributively to describe hoarding behaviour (e.g., “Plyushkin syndrome”).

плюшкинский

The basement was in a truly Plyushkin state, packed with broken furniture and empty boxes.

Подвал находился в по-настоящему плюшкинском состоянии, забитый сломанной мебелью и пустыми коробками.

Proper noun

Plyushkin

Surname of a fictional character in Gogol's ‘Dead Souls’.

Plyushkin is one of the most memorable characters in Gogol's ‘Dead Souls’.

Плюшкин – один из самых запоминающихся персонажей в «Мёртвых душах» Гоголя.

Noun

A person who compulsively accumulates or refuses to discard useless objects; a hoarder.

My roommate is such a Plyushkin—she keeps every newspaper she has ever read.

Adjective

Characteristic of hoarding or excessive accumulation of objects.

The basement was in a truly Plyushkin state, packed with broken furniture and empty boxes.

Proper noun

A miserly landowner in Nikolai Gogol's novel ‘Dead Souls’, noted for his obsessive accumulation of worthless items.

Plyushkin is one of the most memorable characters in Gogol's ‘Dead Souls’.