Popski

English Proper noun en WWII nickname British special forces officer Vladimir Peniakoff. en 2003 Anna Davin, Nick Jacobs John Willett (1917-2002) History Workshop Journal http://www.jstor.org/stable/4289880 56 301-06 [S]abotage and guerrilla attack, unofficially supported by the Allies, he later recorded in his first book: Popski : a Life of Brigadier Vladimir Peniakoff (1954). en dated One who operates independently. en Olivia Manning 7 The Danger Tree 1977 Soon Ridley and Arnold and all the rest were calling themselves Hardy’s Lot, speaking of Hardy as though he were another Popski and they his private army.