babushka
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /bəˈbuːʃ.kə/
babushka (plural babushkas)
- An old woman.
- A stereotypical Eastern European peasant grandmother type figure
- A woman’s headscarf, tied under the chin.
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 78:
- The crowd falls silent, momentarily stunned, while a heavyset woman in a babushka pushes her way through, broadcasting the news […].
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 78:
- Russian doll, matryoshka
- Russian: плато́к
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