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  • noun Plural form of matryoshka.

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Examples

  • Its atmospherics are impeccable, exemplified by the increasingly frowning matryoshkas and a haunting rendition of Nunc dimittis in the credits.

    Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: The Circus Ringmaster: John le Carré Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011

  • Its atmospherics are impeccable, exemplified by the increasingly frowning matryoshkas and a haunting rendition of Nunc dimittis in the credits.

    Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: The Circus Ringmaster: John le Carré Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011

  • Its atmospherics are impeccable, exemplified by the increasingly frowning matryoshkas and a haunting rendition of Nunc dimittis in the credits.

    Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: The Circus Ringmaster: John le Carré Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011

  • Its atmospherics are impeccable, exemplified by the increasingly frowning matryoshkas and a haunting rendition of Nunc dimittis in the credits.

    Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: The Circus Ringmaster: John le Carré Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011

  • It's Chinese boxes, matryoshkas, nesting dolls; infinities of distorting mirrors.

    Final Resting Place of The Pen 2010

  • The boy made his bodyguards drop by almost a dozen of souvenir shops before he finally found what he wanted - Russian nesting dolls, or matryoshkas, and wooden boxes decorated with ornaments or all colors.

    Pravda.Ru 2010

  • I must admit, these fang matryoshkas are super-cute despite the fact that they are baring their sharp teeth at me.

    TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends 2010

  • These fang matryoshkas are inspired by 9th century Russian nesting dolls and are made out of high-grade ABS plastic.

    TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends 2010

  • Around him stood a full-size Russian attack helicopter, mock satellites, nuclear energy officials plugging their expertise, and four-story-high matryoshkas, or Russian nesting dolls.

    SFGate: Top News Stories By ANGELA CHARLTON 2010

  • The boy made his bodyguards drop by almost a dozen of souvenir shops before he finally found what he wanted - Russian nesting dolls, or matryoshkas, and wooden boxes decorated with ornaments or all colors.

    Pravda.Ru 2010

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