bandanna

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The pants and the bandanna were also mentioned by the victim, according to Aubuchon.

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  • The editor hat is more of a bandanna, and a loosely-tied bandanna at that, because I'm only a partial editor, and the hat blows off in the wind. —  Bibliophile Stalker
  • Fortunato said both suspects used handguns and one wore a red bandanna, a black baseball cap and black hooded sweatshirt. —  Kansas City Star: Front Page
  • He was wearing a black bandanna, brown coat with a black sweat top undernearth and carrying a clear glass beer bottle.
  • I like your bandanna and your eyes - they are so big. —  Daisy Cottage
  • The pants and the bandanna were also mentioned by the victim, according to Aubuchon. —  Sentinel & Enterprise Most Viewed
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  1. Probably Portuguese, from Hindi bāndhnū, tie-dyeing, from bāndhnā, to tie, from Sanskrit bandhati, he ties; see bhendh- in Indo-European roots.
 

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