lungi
Example Sentences
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He wore a short lungi, a kurta shirt, and a cap.
From Literature
I was also awestruck seeing photos of her family in their saris and lungis, and realizing they look like my family.
From Seattle Times
The modern, above-the-knee, cotton short was birthed by British soldiers in colonial India, inspired by that country’s traditional lungi wraps for men.
Mohammad Ilyas, 55, fled to Bangladesh with only a shirt and a lungi sarong, along with dozens of others from Rathedaung township.
From Seattle Times
The lungi is a tube-shaped piece of cloth wrapped around the waist and tied together at the front.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
