the Zemskis were terrible
rakes (razvratniki), one of them loved small girls, and another
raffolait d'une de ses juments and had her tied
up in a special way... when he dated her in her
stall
From Ilf and Petrov's "The 12 chairs" (chapter Five:
Velikiy kombinator): "Tell me, dad,"
said the young man [Ostap Bender], taking a
puff, "are there any marriageable young girls in this town?
"
The old caretaker [dvornik Tikhon] did not show the least
surprise.
"For some a mare'd be a bride," [komu i kobyla nevesta] he answered, readily
striking up a conversation.
Alexey Sklyarenko