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- noun Alternative spelling of
thobe .
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Examples
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He explained that the kandura is the official dress of the Emirates but other countries have their own version of the kandura, also known as a dishdasha, thawb, throbe or suriyah depending what country you are in.
Cator Sparks: Attention Men of the Western World: Calm Down and Embrace the Kandura! Cator Sparks 2011
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He explained that the kandura is the official dress of the Emirates but other countries have their own version of the kandura, also known as a dishdasha, thawb, throbe or suriyah depending what country you are in.
Cator Sparks: Attention Men of the Western World: Calm Down and Embrace the Kandura! Cator Sparks 2011
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The kingdom is dominated by mosques and malls, which the mutawwa'in patrol in leather sandals and shortened versions of the thawb, the traditional ankle-length white robe that many Saudis wear.
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He used to wear his thick black hair down to his shoulders, concealing it with a baseball cap in public, until recently, when he ran into a man in a shortened thawb at a coffee shop.
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The kingdom is dominated by mosques and malls, which the mutawwa'in patrol in leather sandals and shortened versions of the thawb, the traditional ankle-length white robe that many Saudis wear.
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He used to wear his thick black hair down to his shoulders, concealing it with a baseball cap in public, until recently, when he ran into a man in a shortened thawb at a coffee shop.
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The kingdom is dominated by mosques and malls, which the mutawwa'in patrol in leather sandals and shortened versions of the thawb, the traditional ankle-length white robe that many Saudis wear.
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Been there, done that, seen the movie and bought the thawb and ghutra.
Pizza Patr�n's Peculiar Pecuniary Peso-Paying Predicament 2007
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A white thawb, or robe made of cotton, was draped over his shoulders and stopped short of his ankles, and his sandy brown hair was covered with a ghutra and tied with an ornamental rope to keep it in place.
Consent to Kill Vince Flynn 2005
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A white thawb, or robe made of cotton, was draped over his shoulders and stopped short of his ankles, and his sandy brown hair was covered with a ghutra and tied with an ornamental rope to keep it in place.
Consent to Kill Mitch, Rapp 06 2005
reesetee commented on the word thawb
Also see dishdasha.
April 24, 2008