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headscarf

/ ˈhɛdˌskɑːf /

noun

  1. a scarf for the head, often worn tied under the chin

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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At a Mutharika rally in Machinga, an elderly woman wearing a colourful headscarf and sarong held up a huge bucket and shouted "fertiliser".

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A young woman with white headscarf and thick fake lashes said she was heading back to her country of residence, Australia.

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Dawn said at Eid all the children, regardless of religion, would go to the mosque wearing a headscarf and be fed.

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"I wrapped her up in a headscarf and said some words over her and then put her in the Lidl bag," she told the jury.

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"I have used my children to be my inspiration. It's because of them I wanted to wear a headscarf."

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