sarong
Americannoun
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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.
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a cloth for such garments.
noun
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a draped skirtlike garment worn by men and women in the Malay Archipelago, Sri Lanka, the Pacific islands, etc
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a fashionable Western adaptation of this garment
Etymology
Origin of sarong
First recorded in 1825–35, sarong is from the Malay word sarung, sarong
Vocabulary lists containing sarong
Example Sentences
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Sitting down at her keyboard one morning, she started typing and by the next day had the first chapter of Sarong Party Girls, a novel that opens on a note of desperation:
From Slate • Jul. 20, 2016
But Sarong is interesting in all the ways it diverges from Emma.
From Slate • Jul. 20, 2016
At a time when American publishers are being assailed by writers of color for putting out too few diverse books, Sarong appears as an unexpected outlier.
From Slate • Jul. 20, 2016
Sample it yourself at Sarong in Seminyak, showcasing Will Meyrick’s tantalizing take on southeast Asian food; savor flip-fresh fish amid lush rice paddy surrounds at Sardine and taste Euro-Asian plates at LA-style glass bunker Kilo.
From Reuters • Jul. 17, 2015
Sarong, sa-rong′, n. a garment covering the lower half of the body.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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