rumal
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rumal
1700–10; < Urdu < Persian rūmāl, equivalent to rū face + māl wiping
Example Sentences
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Related: Gil Scott-Heron, my brave and brilliant friend At the concert, Kweli will be joined by actor and broadcaster Craig Charles, reggae band Aswad, Liverpool pop-soul group the Christians, who had a hit in 1993 with a cover of Scott-Heron’s 1974 popular single The Bottle, his protege Abdul Malik Al Nasir, his son Rumal Rackley and guest of honour Ndaba Mandela, grandson of Nelson.
From The Guardian
The result of it was the knighthood of the rumal.
From Project Gutenberg
To show his gratitude he offered to demonstrate all the preliminary sensation of the rumal on any English or American neck that was willing.
From Project Gutenberg
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