yashmak
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of yashmak
First recorded in 1835–45, yashmak is from the Turkish word yaşmak
Example Sentences
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She has very fine eyes, and that's about all I can tell you, sir, because she wears a yashmak.
From The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor by Sax Rohmer
The three ladies of the yashmak ran screaming from their vengeance-seeking victims, Sime pursuing two, and Cairn hard upon the heels of the third.
From Brood of the Witch-Queen by Sax Rohmer
She wore no yashmak, for Selim, though professing the Moslem faith, was somewhat lax in carrying out its articles.
From The Secret Witness by George Gibbs
Dark-skinned men lounged about in every variety of bed-gown, women sported the heavy yashmak, in addition to a brass band across the forehead, from which four large brass rings depended over the nose.
From An Unknown Lover by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
Peeping over the balconies may be seen black eyes that gleam above the yashmak or Oriental veil worn by the poorer classes.
From The Critic in the Orient by George Hamlin Fitch
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