Rubashka

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of kosovorotka.

    "A soldier once came to me in Little Russia in a clean rubashka (shirt, belted and worn as a coat), and boasted that soldiers change their rubashki once a week."

Example

More examples

"A soldier once came to me in Little Russia in a clean rubashka (shirt, belted and worn as a coat), and boasted that soldiers change their rubashki once a week."

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian руба́шка (rubáška).

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