breechcloth
noun
breechcloths
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pluralof breechcloth.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Thatch roofs were giving way to tin, while shorts and T shirts were replacing breechcloths and feathers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Australian aborigines wore only breechcloths, their bodies painted in geometric patterns of dots and streaks.
From Time Magazine Archive
There are several varieties of breechcloths in the area.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Albert Ernest Jenks
Cloth for breechcloths is measured by the length of the forearm, being wound about the elbow and through the hand, quite as one coils up a rope.
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
