yashmak

Example Sentences

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The more I thought over it the more I realized what an excellent thing to cover a bearded face a yashmak is.

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

She suddenly withdraws the yashmak, shines upon your heart and soul with all the pomp and might of her beauty.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

The dress of all, both men and women, is strange and hideous, and one looks in vain for the well-folded turban, or the decent modest yashmak.

From Tales of the Caliph by Crellin, H. N.

He probably knew us by sight, for we had constantly met him and the lady with the thick yashmak.

From Paul Patoff by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

Sylvia remembered her ambition to visit the East, when she herself wore a yashmak in Open Sesame: here it was fulfilling perfectly her most daring hopes.

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