breechcloth
Americannoun
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breechcloths
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Origin of breechcloth
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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
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
How the English will stare at him with his deerskin breechcloth and bare chest!
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
For clothing they wear only a breechcloth, like an apron, and their faces and shoulders are oiled with something that gives their skin a deep reddish color.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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
Australian aborigines wore only breechcloths, their bodies painted in geometric patterns of dots and streaks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thatch roofs were giving way to tin, while shorts and T shirts were replacing breechcloths and feathers.
From Time Magazine Archive
In and out of the pueblo they work, carrying loads of manure from the hogpens to the fields, apparently as little concerned or noticed as though they wore their breechcloths.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Albert Ernest Jenks
The sash, his badge of office, he said had long since gone in breechcloths.
From Negritos of Zambales by William Allan Reed
There are several varieties of breechcloths in the area.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Albert Ernest Jenks
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