pagnes
- plural of pagne.
Example Sentences
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Mostly young children and women with their pagnes in tatters, they come soundlessly out of the forest, landing here as lightly as weary butterflies after years of fleeing the war.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
We wrapped ourselves in the extra pagnes offered to us as blankets, and settled down on the floor to sleep among strangers.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
There was a sudden colorful bustle through the church as women in their bright pagnes began to move about.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
The women wrap and rewrap their pagnes in the same way, and press the palm-oil harvest in the same kind of contraption that Mama Lo used.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Anatole wrapped me up in wax-print pagnes, hoping to disguise me as a Congolese matron while trying to keep me from staggering dazed in front of automobiles.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
