yashmak

Example Sentences

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With that he laid an intense grip on the concealing yashmak, tore it away, and so revealed the closely shaven, ghastly hued countenance of the cornered criminal.

From Cleek, the Master Detective by Hanshew, Thomas W.

In her excitement she managed, somehow, to snap or loosen the fastening which held her yashmak.

From Cleek, the Master Detective by Hanshew, Thomas W.

With sidelong and suspicious looks on Russia, Austria cast, Which scarce her yashmak serves to hide, see Turkey gliding past.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 62, January 1, 1872 by Various

Their faces are veiled with something like the yashmak of Egypt, but it is of plain blue calico, a little embroidered.

From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore

Here you, my dear, Emruld, put your yashmak up a bit higher.

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton