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Word: babushkas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...carries blithely a large basket laden with spare sets of false eyelashes, spare bandannas, waterproof mascara, lipstick brushes, eyelid pencils, bobby pins, suntan oils, combs, tweezers, compacts, cigarettes, stray hairs left by the cat. Atop her head is a brimmed straw-hat pulled over a voile scarf tied babushka-style, and she turns on the world the blind stare of dark glasses. She strides along confidently, her breasts thrown forward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: On the Beach | 9/7/1959 | See Source »

...record), and they would go off to rob a drugstore or some small, out-of-the-way shop. Since last June, according to Chicago police, Maggie has probably had a hand in some 100 holdups, has been positively linked to 30. Her working clothes usually included a babushka and, oftentimes, adhesive tape over the five moles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: The Female of the Species | 12/5/1955 | See Source »

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