: a thin often buckwheat pancake usually filled (as with sour cream) and folded
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The blin is so ubiquitous in Russia that the word is also used as a mild expletive: a polite Russian might mutter it after stubbing her toe, in place of the curse word blyad.
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Talia Lavin, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2017
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Talia Lavin, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2017
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“Blin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blin. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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