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babushka

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8 lettersPronunciation /bəˈbuːʃ.kə/Part of speech nounSorted aabbhksuStarts with BEnds with A0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chin; worn by Russian peasant women

Word origin

Borrowed from Russian ба́бушка (bábuška, “grandmother”), from Old East Slavic бабушка (babuška, “grandmother, midwife”). First attested in the 1830s.

Used in a sentence

  • There was a 92-year-old babushka who was injured, and we put her on the stretcher and helped get her out.
  • As a boy, I hand-made pelmeni with my babushka Alla, my hands and face covered in flour as we worked in the cold of my grandparents’ basement in Paterson, New Jersey.
  • I tell thee what, Babushka! I have no time to waste with thee in idle words.

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