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Definition of babushka noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

babushka

noun
 
/bəˈbʊʃkə/,
 
/ˈbæbʊʃkə/
 
/bəˈbʊʃkə/,
 
/ˈbæbʊʃkə/
(from Russian)
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  1. a Russian old woman or grandmother
  2. (North American English) a traditional Russian woman’s headscarf, tied under the chin
    3. Word OriginRussian, ‘grandmother’.
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