"vushka" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1957, Savella Stechishin, Traditional Ukrainian Cookery, Winnipeg: Trident Press, published 1980, page 210:",
          "text": "Vushka (Tiny Dumplings) (Вушка) Vushka are tiny varenyky about the size of a walnut, having their two corners joined together. This particular shape gives them a peculiar resemblance to tiny ears from which the name “vushka” is derived.",
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          "text": "Next came borsch with small pieces of triangular-shaped dough called vushka floating in the soup bowls.",
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          "text": "An excellent accompaniment to borsch or broth is Vushka (little ears) which are tiny dumpling about the size of walnuts and filled with various kinds of fillings for example, meat or mushrooms. These little ears are joined at the corners and take [. . .]",
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          "text": "“He was speaking to the cashier in Russian I think? He ordered some stuff called Rosolnyk and Vushka and something else called Varenyky? He looks paranoid or something?”",
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