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babushka

[ buh-boosh-kuh, -boosh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

babushka

/ bəˈbuːʃkə /

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

Russian: grandmother, from baba old woman

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.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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