breechcloth
Americannoun
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Origin of breechcloth
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Now, angered by the acute textile shortage that grips the nation, villagers greeted her by appearing in plain breechcloth instead of their usual sarongs and saris.
From Time Magazine Archive
For centuries, the nomadic Masai tribesmen have loped like lions across their vast grazing plains near Mount Kilimanjaro, wearing nothing much more confining than a breechcloth of calico.
From Time Magazine Archive
To the shock of even his fellow Osage, he was naked, except for his breechcloth and his moccasins, and his face was painted as if he were leading a war party.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
How the English will stare at him with his deerskin breechcloth and bare chest!
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
A young Osage man then typically wore fringed buckskin leggings and moccasins and a breechcloth; a finger-woven belt held his tobacco pouch and tomahawk.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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