: a thin often buckwheat pancake usually filled (as with sour cream) and folded
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The room glows with soft blush tones as the bottles pop and every drop of those salty pearls meets a pillowy blin.
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Melinda Sheckells,
Forbes.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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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Melinda Sheckells,
Forbes.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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.
—
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 25 Jun. 2026.
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