English

Alternative forms

• babooshka, baboushka

Noun

babushka ‎(plural babushkas)

1. An old woman.
2. A woman’s headscarf, tied under the chin.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 78:

     The crowd falls silent, momentarily stunned, while a heavyset woman in a babushka pushes her way through, broadcasting the news […].

3. Russian doll, matryoshka (mistranslation)

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