barabara
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of barabara
1865–70, < dialectal Russian barabóra; further origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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Once in Kaluda Bay, we found Kidder's and Blake's barabara where they made headquarters, and their cook informed us that both sportsmen were many miles up the bay after bear.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
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
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
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
It is made like a small barabara, except there is no smoke hole, has a similar frame, is thatched with straw, and can be made air-tight.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
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