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- noun A long
strip of cloth wound round thehead (especially as worn byAfrican women ).
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A headwrap is a long piece of cloth that women tie and tuck on their head to create different looks.
Lia Petridis Maiello: The Museum of Arts and Design Is Dissolving the Idea of Africa "As We Know It" Lia Petridis Maiello 2010
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A headwrap is a long piece of cloth that women tie and tuck on their head to create different looks.
Lia Petridis Maiello: The Museum of Arts and Design Is Dissolving the Idea of Africa "As We Know It" Lia Petridis Maiello 2010
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A headwrap is a long piece of cloth that women tie and tuck on their head to create different looks.
Lia Petridis Maiello: The Museum of Arts and Design Is Dissolving the Idea of Africa "As We Know It" Lia Petridis Maiello 2010
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Packed what I need for the recycled sari silk wrap currently in progress and the fingering-weight version of this shawl (variegated honey-colored merino), and this headwrap (to use up the leftover yarn from the wrap I finished last week) and this scarf (the variegated purple angora/polwarth I got at the NH sheep & wool festival).
Thor's Day yendi 2009
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So when I'm on row #ohmygodsisitalmostover? of the shawl, I can pick up the headwrap.
Thor's Day yendi 2009
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She was African American, petite and sexy, with a tribal headwrap and funky Adidas sneakers.
Love For No Reason Marci Shimoff 2010
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She was African American, petite and sexy, with a tribal headwrap and funky Adidas sneakers.
Love For No Reason Marci Shimoff 2010
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After bathing, I quickly dried and tied a headwrap around my hair.
When the Truth Lies Timothy Michael Carson 2010
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Gele is a Yoruba word used in Nigeria for a female headwrap.
Lia Petridis Maiello: The Museum of Arts and Design Is Dissolving the Idea of Africa "As We Know It" Lia Petridis Maiello 2010
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Gele is a Yoruba word used in Nigeria for a female headwrap.
Lia Petridis Maiello: The Museum of Arts and Design Is Dissolving the Idea of Africa "As We Know It" Lia Petridis Maiello 2010
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