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bashi-bazouk

(bas̸h′ē bə zo̵̅o̅k′)

noun

a member of the notoriously brutal 19th-cent. Turkish irregulars

Origin: Turk bashi-bozuq < bashi, head + bozuq, disorderly, unkempt

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