Definitions for babushkabəˈbʊʃ kə, -ˈbuʃ-
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ba•bush•kabəˈbʊʃ kə, -ˈbuʃ-(n.)(pl.)-kas.
a woman's head scarf, shaped or folded in a triangle, worn with two ends tied under the chin.
Category: Clothing
Origin of babushka:
1935–40; < Russ bábushka grandmother, dim. of bába
Princeton's WordNet
babushka(noun)
a woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chin; worn by Russian peasant women
Wiktionary
babushka(Noun)
An old woman
babushka(Noun)
A womanu2019s headscarf, tied under the chin (this sense does not occur in Russian)
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