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Babushka

Sounds like: buh-BOOSH-kuh regional Food / brand caution

Meaning

What it means

A headscarf, often associated with older Eastern European women in regional speech.

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Usage

Use it like this

“She tied on a babushka before walking to church in the cold.”
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