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| baba | a kind of cake. [Fr., from Polish baba old woman]. |
| babka | a kind of coffee-cake, containing almonds, raisins, rum, orange rind. [Polish babka, little old woman]. |
| bigos | a kind of Polish stew. |
| bobac bobak | a species of marmot. |
| britschka britzka britkska britska | an open four-wheeled carriage with a folding top. |
| chapka czapka | a Polish military cap, adapted from the traditional peasant cap, worn by lancers. Cf. SCHAPSKA. |
| cracovienne krakowiak | a lively Polish dance; the music for it. [From Kraków (Cracow), a city in southern Poland). |
| cracowe | a long-toed boot of the fourteenth century. [From Kraków (Cracow), a city in southern Poland.] |
| grosz grosze groszy | a Polish monetary unit, 1/100 of a ZLOTY. Pl. GROSZY. |
| hetman | a Cossack headman or general. [Polish, prob. f. G Hauptmann (earlier Heubtman) headman, captain.] |
| kielbasa | a smoked sausage. Pl. KIELBASY, KIELBASAS, KIELBASI. [Pol. kielbasa sausage]. Cf. KOLBASI, KOLBASSI. |
| kolbasi kolbassi | a smoked sausage. Pl. KOLBASIS. [Pol. kielbasa sausage]. |
| kromesky | a croquette wrapped in bacon or calf's udder and fried. [Polish kromeczka, litle slice]. |
| mazourka mazurka | a Polish folk dance in moderate triple measure. [Polish mazurka, woman of the province Mazovia]. |
| schapska | a flat-topped cavalry helmet. [Fr. from Polish czapka, cap]. |
| zloty | a Polish monetary unit. Pl. ZLOTYS, ZLOTIES, ZLOTE or ZLOTYCH (1 ZLOTY, 2, 3 or 4 ZLOTE, 5 or more ZLOTYCH!). |