tarbush
- a variation of tarboosh.
Example Sentences
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He no longer wears the peasant costume he used when playing the role of latter-day god, appears instead in a dirty white silk suit, two-toned shoes, a striped silk shirt and a shining tarbush.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was dressed in a light grey suit, and wore the tarbush.
From Bella Donna A Novel by Hichens, Robert Smythe
He danced about the room, in his blue burnous and red tarbush, looking more like a howling dervish than a tempestuous Petticoat.
From Ptomaine Street by Wells, Carolyn
The head-dress is the red cloth fez or tarbush round which a turban is usually worn.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
He stood for a moment, looking calmly round; then brought his right hand to his tarbush as he saw a party of French friends, which he immediately joined.
From Bella Donna A Novel by Hichens, Robert Smythe
