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podstakannik

подстаканникpud-stah-KAHN-nik[pət͡stɐˈkanʲːɪk]

a metal holder with a handle for a glass of hot tea

Closest in English: glass-holder, holder, tea-glass-holder. None of them covers it.

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Pod is under and stakan is a glass: a metal holder with a handle that lets you drink scalding tea from a glass. Russian long-distance trains still serve tea in them and sell them as souvenirs. English has the cup holder, which lives in cars.

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  1. Which language is it from?Russian
  2. What does it literally say?The thing under the glass
  3. Where would you hear it?A night train, tea in a glass
  4. What does it mean?A metal frame for a hot tea glass

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