Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Syria, a small shawl or scarf worn about the head, and bound with a colored cord.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
keffiyeh .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an Arab headdress consisting of a square piece of cloth folded into a triangle and fastened over the crown by an agal
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Examples
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The logic, born in college dining halls and now embraced by people well into adulthood, that holds that donning a colored plastic bracelet or a kaffiyeh is an act of personal and political self-definition can and does attach the same significance to snowboarding and to selecting one’s iPod playlist.
Intolerant Chic 2008
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The logic, born in college dining halls and now embraced by people well into adulthood, that holds that donning a colored plastic bracelet or a kaffiyeh is an act of personal and political self-definition can and does attach the same significance to snowboarding and to selecting one’s iPod playlist.
Intolerant Chic 2008
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As the merchant and I bargained about whether the kaffiyeh should be a dollar or two, I asked the older gentleman selling me the scarves why he would want to sell them at inflated prices to me.
Parvez Sharma: America's Imam and His Problematic Mosque: A Muslim Viewpoint Parvez Sharma 2010
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The hatemongering Malkin thinks that scarf looks like a kaffiyeh, which is worn in the Middle East.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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"The person manning the base gate thinks that anyone wearing a kaffiyeh is a terrorist," he insisted.
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"The person manning the base gate thinks that anyone wearing a kaffiyeh is a terrorist," the cousin continued.
unknown title 2009
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"The person manning the base gate thinks that anyone wearing a kaffiyeh is a terrorist," he insisted.
Signs of the Times 2009
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Many of the targets were basic silhouettes, though others were figures wearing traditional Arab head scarves, called kaffiyeh, and holding rocket-propelled grenades.
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"The person manning the base gate thinks that anyone wearing a kaffiyeh is a terrorist," the cousin continued.
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"The person manning the base gate thinks that anyone wearing a kaffiyeh is a terrorist," he insisted.
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