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Founded at the end of the ’70s, the Sisters, who wear white face paint, playfully garish outfits, and cartoonishly oversized wimples, are both theatrical and charity-oriented.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2023

They even have cute freckles beneath their wimples.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2022

There were trains by the yard obstructing traffic, and a full complement of halos, wimples, tiaras and crowns.

From New York Times • May 8, 2018

There is a glorious, back-to-the-70s daftness about Horrible Histories' parade of togas, wimples, ruffs and tights that makes it appealing – to a wide audience.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2011

At yon burnie I o'ertook her, Whare the shinin' pebbles lie; Whare the flowers, that fringe the border, Soup the stream, that wimples by.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles