Russian

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Etymology

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From a no-longer extant word cognate with Old Church Slavonic кошь (košĭ, basket) + -ёлка (-jólka).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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кошёлка (košólkaf inan (genitive кошёлки, nominative plural кошёлки, genitive plural кошёлок)

  1. (colloquial) basket, woven bag
  2. (colloquial), (slang) bag, hag (referring to an ugly woman)

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