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rubashka en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian руба́шка (rubáška).

Meanings

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. 1921, Francis McCullagh, “The Burial of the Tsar”, in A Prisoner of the Reds: The Story of a British Officer Captured in Siberia, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 183, column 4:
   • Like Berl [Katznelson], he [Eliyahu Golomb] wore a sort of uniform—a rubashka that buttoned down the side and a pair of creased khaki trousers. I don’t remember ever having seen him in a suit. 1975 September 7, Golda Meir, “My Life: Part 1: Battle with the British”, in Sunday Telegraph, number 758, London, →OCLC, page 6, column 6:
   • ‘Ivan the Whisker’ slapped his thigh and then reached down into the deep pocket of his rubashka and drew out a bottle. 1992, Leon Berk, “With the partisans — free at last!”, in Destined to Live: Memoirs of a Doctor with the Russian Partisans, Melbourne, Vic.: Paragon Press, →ISBN, part 2, page 132:

Forms

Synonyms

kosovorotka