babushka

babushka
/beuh boosh"keuh, -boohsh"-/, n.
1. a woman's scarf, often triangular, used as a hood with two of the ends tied under the chin.
2. an elderly Russian woman, esp. an elderly grandmother.
[1935-40; < Russ bábushka grandmother, equiv. to báb(a) old woman + -ushka dim. suffix]

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