Matrioshka doll

Matrioshka doll
n. Russian nesting doll which is a hollow wooden doll that can be pulled apart to display another figure of the same type inside and then another inside this one and so on (there are usually 6 or more nested figures)

English contemporary dictionary. 2014.

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