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
In summer they live in the tupiks, or skin tents.
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."
From Project Gutenberg
The tupik is made of sealskins, with the hair on the inside.
From Project Gutenberg
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
