barabara
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of barabara
1865–70, < dialectal Russian barabóra; further origin uncertain
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If the natives find no sign on their morning tour, they rest all day, perhaps taking a Turkish bath in a banya, which is not infrequently attached to the hunting barabara.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
Two bears had been killed by the natives near the barabara where we camped, and there was plenty of sign.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
The barabara may also be covered with earth, sod, or mud.
From Shelters, Shacks and Shanties by Daniel Carter Beard
They camped in a barabara where white men had slept a few nights before, and heard their own language spoken by native tongues.
From The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure by Rex Ellingwood Beach
As we had seen nothing by four o'clock in the morning, we cautiously withdrew, and, going some distance down the shore, camped in an old hunting barabara.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
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