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dhoti

[doh-tee] / ˈdoʊ ti /
NOUN
loincloth
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In the film, he ditches the white dhoti for a more stylish blue one - which he pairs with a funky suit decorated with intricate Indian motifs, and a cool hard-part haircut.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2023

Reinvigorated and clad in a saffron dhoti, Ram exacts revenge on the despotic British governor with the help of his burly friend Bheem, who bears a resemblance to the Hindu god Hanuman.

From Washington Post Aug. 12, 2022

His legs, stick-thin within the loose folds of a dhoti, are pulled close to his chest.

From The Guardian Jul. 9, 2019

An affable man, seemingly indifferent to appearances, he wore a worn orange dhoti and white shirt with a blue ink stain billowing out beneath the pocket.

From New York Times Mar. 14, 2019

I had seen lots of pictures of him in the newspaper, the thin man who wore nothing but a dhoti and glasses.

From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani

The Croatian designer culled from different religious traditions, pairing his signature voluminous trenches and wide-cut blazers with dhotis that looked snatched off a Hindu sadhu or North African harem pants in earthy fibers.

From Seattle Times Jun. 27, 2010

Two of the chief mourners on the duck which bore Gandhi's ashes were Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhbhai Patel, both clad in white dhotis, both barefoot.

From Time Magazine Archive

New Delhi National Stadium bulged last week with Indian families in traditional saris and dhotis, but that was as far as tradition went.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among the fertile coffee plantations on the lower slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, lounge-suited leaders of the progressive Chagga tribe queued up at polling stations alongside white planters in khaki shorts and Asian shopkeepers in dhotis.

From Time Magazine Archive

Both were clad in dhotis of pure white; their legs were bare from the knee, their feet shod with sandals.

From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert




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