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Definition of Turbans
1. turban [n] - See also: turban
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turbans
Literary usage of Turbans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands: In the South Pacific Ocean by William Mariner, John Joseph Martin (1818)
"On occasions of such fights the combatants are allowed to wear turbans, ...
turbans are not allowed to be worn but in time of war, and then only by those ..."
2. Life in America One Hundred Years Ago by Gaillard Hunt (1914)
"IX turbans AND PANTALOONS ONE morning during the second session of the First
Congress John Adams, the Vice-President, took a seat beside Charles Carroll of ..."
3. Two Centuries of Costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX by Alice Morse Earle (1903)
"... BANYANS AND turbans " Get on your nightgown, lest occasion call us And show us to
... turbans."
4. Ten Years in Washington: Life and Scenes in the National Capital, as a Woman by Mary Clemmer (1874)
"... of Festivity — The Madison House — Mrs. Madison's Popularity — Her turbans
and Her Snuff — The Exploit of Commodore Welkes — Arlington Hotel — The House ..."
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