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babushka

[ buh-boosh-kuh, -boosh- ]

noun

  1. a woman's scarf, often triangular, used as a hood with two of the ends tied under the chin.
  2. an elderly Russian woman, especially an elderly grandmother.


babushka

/ bəˈbuːʃkə /

noun

  1. a headscarf tied under the chin, worn by Russian peasant women
  2. (in Russia) an old woman
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of babushka1

First recorded in 1935–40; from Russian bábushka “grandmother,” from báb(a) baba 1( def ) + -ushka, diminutive suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of babushka1

Russian: grandmother, from baba old woman
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Example Sentences

He referred to this risky state of affairs as “the babushka-with-uranium-in-the-chicken-shed” problem.

Alexandra Ivanovna shuddered, and asked: "Babushka, at whom are you cawing?"

She's called Matushkin, because my babushka is no babushka to her, but is her matushka.

She moved closer to the old woman, and said affably: "Babushka Stepanida, there is something I have been wanting to ask you."

There sat the babushka Stepanida, a black figure in her black shawl, gaunt and shrivelled.

Ask the babushka's forgiveness,” he said, “and don't you ever do it again; I saw you take the apple.

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