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- noun A
kerchief worn on thehead
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Examples
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Every summer during college, I donned the long red skirt and headkerchief.
With beans comes rice | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008
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The Mahramah (head-cloth) comes from Syria; which, with Nijd, supplies also the Kufiyah or headkerchief.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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She had her headkerchief off and was busily running a polished greenstone comb through her dark reddish hair.
Lord of Chaos Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1994
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Tingo, wearing a lavender headkerchief, squatted beside the fire, chopping up tubers and throwing them into the caldron.
Trullion: Alastor 2262 Vance, Jack 1973
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Besides the headkerchief, [8] worn universally by warrior chiefs [9] and recognized warriors [10] throughout all tribes in eastern Mindanáo, a kerchief [11] bound round the head is very often worn by Manóbos of the
The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan
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Red is the distinguishing mark of the war chief's dress, which ordinarily consists of a red headkerchief with embroidery of white, blue, and yellow cotton at the corners, of a red jacket with similar embroidery on the shoulders and around the back, and of long trousers, sometimes red.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan
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Perfect equality reigns among the members of the clan, except in the one respect that the recognized warriors are entitled to the use of a red headkerchief, jacket, and pantaloons, each of these articles, beginning with the first, being added as the number of people whom the warrior has killed is increased.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan
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When one of the braves who accompany an expedition has killed one or two men in fair fight he acquires the title of _manikiád_ and is entitled to wear a headkerchief striped with red and yellow.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan
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Insignia of _bagáni_-ship used by Manóbos of the upper Agúsan. _d_, War chief's red headkerchief.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan
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Her bright eyes, beaming from under her headkerchief, suggested how she must have been the undisputed belle of her day.
Chapter VI Solomon Tshekisho 1916
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