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Definition of Sarong
1. Noun. A loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body; worn by both women and men in the South Pacific.
Definition of Sarong
1. n. A sort of petticoat worn by both sexes in Java and the Malay Archipelago.
Definition of Sarong
1. Noun. A garment made of a length of printed cloth wrapped about the waist that is commonly worn by men and women in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, and the Pacific islands. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sarong
1. an outer garment worn in the Pacific islands [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sarong
Literary usage of Sarong
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tales of the Malayan Coast: From Penang to the Philippines by Rounsevelle Wildman (1899)
"... Garment NO one knows who invented the sarong. When the great Sir Francis Drake
skirted the beautiful jungle-bound shores of that strange Asian peninsula ..."
2. Perak and the Malays: "sārong" and "krīs." by John Frederick Adolphus McNair (1878)
"Dress—The sarong—Dress of the Bugis—Dress of the Maky— European costumes—Ornaments—Coquettish
toilets. PROBABLY in no country is the custom of keeping to ..."
3. Smiling 'round the World by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1908)
"... Grave—Innovations and Improvements— Stigma Removed—Picturesque Crowd on
Wharf—Natives of Madras Coast—Malays Dislike Work—The sarong and Fez—We Drive Up ..."
4. A Vocabulary of the English and Malay Languages by Frank Athelstane Swettenham (1887)
"[The " sarong kris," or kris-sheath is of wood and in three parts; a broad
cross-piece nearest the ... If the " sarong " is covered with gold it is called ..."
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