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Save for a narrow breech-clout, a pair of ear-plugs, and about his kinky hair a chaplet of white cowrie-shells, he was naked.
Chapter 10 2010
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It seemed to be a sort of coat or cloak, which appeared heavy but was actually feather-light, and not only was it an exact match, but it had a thin piping of the same red as the waistband of his breech-clout.
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Why, the last time I'd seen him he'd been in breech-clout and war-bonnet, all smeared with buffalo blood ... now he was rumbling on in Sioux, and I was struggling to identify those sonorous vowels, dredging words from the back of my mind.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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There were painted signs on his naked chest, and his only clothing was a white breech-clout and fringed leggings that came to his knees.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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Their hair was long and undressed, and while some wore it bound in a scarf, most were bare-headed except for a brow-circlet; a few were in shirts and leggings, many wore only the breech-clout.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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He listened, and Sonsee-array preened at the silent crowd, and then one young buck, naked except for boots and breech-clout, but with silver ornaments slung round his neck, swaggered forward and began a harangue in Apache.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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He was naked except for a short war-bonnet and breech-clout, his face and chest glistening with ochre and vermillion, at his waist were strapped two long-barrelled Colts, a stone axe hung from his decorated saddle-blanket, and he carried a feathered lance.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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Olmec, without his robe and naked but for a breech-clout, was fighting before his throne, and as Conan and Valeria entered, Tascela ran from an inner chamber, with a sword in her hand.
The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005
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Olmec, naked but for a breech-clout, was fighting before his throne, and as the adventurers entered, Tascela ran from an inner chamber with a sword in her hand.
The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005
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Olmec, naked but for a breech-clout, was fighting before his throne, and as the adventurers entered, Tascela ran from an inner chamber with a sword in her hand.
The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005
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