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sarong
[ suh-rawng, -rong ]
noun
- a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- a cloth for such garments.
sarong
/ səˈrɒŋ /
noun
- a draped skirtlike garment worn by men and women in the Malay Archipelago, Sri Lanka, the Pacific islands, etc
- a fashionable Western adaptation of this garment
Word History and Origins
Origin of sarong1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sarong1
Example Sentences
There were rich, cozy-looking linens, used for knee-length skirts -- inspired, perhaps, by a sarong.
A delightful figure was that of a Moro dressed in a faded sarong drawn closely about him from waist to knee.
As elsewhere, but few clothes are seen: the women wear a short striped skirt sarong-wise, but bare the bosom.
The usual fashion in clothes prevailed; gee-string for the men, and short sarong-like skirt for the women.
Hassan is a perfect gentleman in manner, and in that silk jacket of his and handsome sarong he really looks like a prince.
The women, with oblique eyes and oval faces, wear the gay sarong and white kabaja customary in Eastern Java.
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