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Bashlyk N Conical Hood Wraps Tightly Neck Worn

Word bashlyk
Definition n. A conical hood that wraps tightly around the neck, worn in Eastern Europe and Russia.
Sentence When the sled stops, Nadenka looks back at the hill we only just slid down, then peers into my face for a long time, listens to my voice, indifferent and passionless, and her whole little figure, all of it, even her muff and bashlyk, expresses extreme perplexity.
Source Fifty-Two Stories, Anton Chekhov, tr. P&V, p. 76

Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary

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