kummerbund
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Half unconsciously, I leaned back on my cushions and placed a hand upon the dagger in my kummerbund.
From Tales of Destiny by Mitchell, Edmund
He abhorred Denison on account of Susie and the kummerbund.
From Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 by Becke, Louis
Round his waist he wore a dhotee of coarse muslin, tight above, so as to form the kummerbund, or waistband, but thence falling in loose and not ungraceful folds down the legs to the ankles.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various
Close on five o'clock Desmond re-entered the bungalow; his scarlet kummerbund disordered; his white mess-jacket in a hundred creases; yet alert and ready in every fibre for the day's march that lay before him.
From Captain Desmond, V.C. by Diver, Maud
Presently the thawed fingers fumbled at his kummerbund, produced a discoloured twist of paper, opened it, and taking out two familiar dark pellets, tossed them down his throat.
From The Great Amulet by Diver, Maud
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