tupik

Example Sentences

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Cul-de-sac translates in Russian as tupik — a word that evokes vulnerability and danger, a dead end with no escape.

From New York Times

Situated on a gently southward sloping knoll are the igloos and tupiks, where I have spent many pleasant days with my Esquimo friends and learned much of the folk-lore and history.

From Project Gutenberg

The tupik is made of sealskins, with the hair on the inside.

From Project Gutenberg

In anger she fled into her tupik, or tent.

From Project Gutenberg

In the summer they live in a tent, which they call a "tupik."

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