gee-string
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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His fathers before him had worn no clothes, and neither did he, not even a gee-string.
From A Son Of The Sun by London, Jack
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 Willcox, Cornélis de Witt
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 Burroughs, Edgar Rice
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 Summerhayes, Martha
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