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  • noun Plural form of bashlyk.

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Examples

  • Olga's conscience said "no," but the temptation was overpowering, and after repeated urging from Ivan they both crept down softly to the little apartment in the large hall where were kept their fur cloaks and bashlyks, or cloth hoods, which are put over hats and ears.

    Harper's Young People, December 9, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Various

  • The officers leave their ears unprotected; a passing troop of soldiers -- fine, large, hardy fellows -- wear the strip of black woolen over their ears, but leave their _bashlyks_ hanging unused on their backs, with tabs tacked neatly under shoulder-straps and belts, for use on the

    Russian Rambles Isabel Florence Hapgood 1889

  • Most of the ladies, on foot or in sledges, wear bashlyks or Orenburg shawls, over wadded fur caps, well pulled down to the brows.

    Russian Rambles Isabel Florence Hapgood 1889

  • _bashlyks_ wrapped round their heads in a manner peculiar to themselves, stand always in the middle of the street and regulate the traffic.

    Russian Rambles Isabel Florence Hapgood 1889

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