rubashka

Noun

rubashka (plural rubashkas or rubashki)

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

   Synonyms:

   kosovorotka