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Definition of Tarboosh
1. Noun. A felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown.
Definition of Tarboosh
1. n. A red cap worn by Turks and other Eastern nations, sometimes alone and sometimes swathed with linen or other stuff to make a turban. See Fez.
Definition of Tarboosh
1. Noun. A red felt or cloth cap with a tassel, worn in the Arab world; a fez. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tarboosh
1. a cap worn by Muslim men [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tarboosh
Literary usage of Tarboosh
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Truth about Egypt by John Romich Alexander (1911)
"The most noticeable and important outcome of this boycott— which lasted a very
short time—was the substitution for the universal crimson tarboosh—chiefly of ..."
2. The Truth about Egypt by John Romich Alexander (1911)
"The most noticeable and important outcome of this boycott — which lasted a very
short time — was the substitution for the universal crimson tarboosh ..."
3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1900)
"The tarboosh is likewise required, and nothing is more amusing than to see the
discomfort and constraint with which the English officials in the Egyptian ..."
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