gee-string
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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When I had come upon him he was clothed in rough sadak sandals, a gee-string and a tunic fashioned from the shaggy hide of a thag.
From Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The usual fashion in clothes prevailed; gee-string for the men, and short sarong-like skirt for the women.
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Cornélis de Witt Willcox
They were always astonished when the Cocopah Indian waited on them at table, for he wore nothing but his gee-string, and although it was an every-day matter to us, it rather took their breath away.
From Vanished Arizona by Martha Summerhayes
His fathers before him had worn no clothes, and neither did he, not even a gee-string.
From A Son Of The Sun by Jack London
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