kain
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of kain
1915–20; < Malay: cloth, sarong
Example Sentences
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From Forbes • Oct. 6, 2014
Furthermore the use of only three kinds of garments was permitted—the kain, the badjoa, and the destar.
From Malayan Literature by Various
For doos, there's the doocot; there will be poultry amang the tenants, though Luckie Chirnside says she has paid the kain twice ower.
From The Bride of Lammermoor by Scott, Walter, Sir
Auld Dugald brought in his twa kain hens yesterday; ane's on the bank and the cauld corp o' the ither o' them's in the pantry.
From Doom Castle by Munro, Neil
The old man has a piece of coarse cloth— Orang tuah itu ada kain kasar sa’lei.
From A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay by Maxwell, William Edward, Sir
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