noun. A woman's headscarf, folded triangularly and worn tied under the chin.

noun. An old woman.

noun. A woman’s headscarf, tied under the chin.

noun. Russian doll, matryoshka (mistranslation)

noun. a woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chin; worn by Russian peasant women

"Father Tikhon would not confirm this relationship; church rules don't allow him to say whether a babushka is confessing to him, never mind Russia's president."

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