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- noun Plural form of
dhoti .
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Examples
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Clothed in their dark green turbans, tattered English sports jackets, and those long diaper-like loincloths that Indians call dhotis, they looked picturesque without even trying.
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Why should a fellow writer speak out about free expression in Jaipur, when she only wanted to hear Rushdie read one of his bejeweled paragraphs in which Star Wars and dhotis can grace the same sentence?
Deji Olukotun: How Two South Asian Literary Festivals Are Defining the Role of the Writer Deji Olukotun 2012
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Even as the bridegrooms moved away from traditional dhotis a decade ago, brides across the state of Tamil Nadu in Southern India stick to the traditional ‘Kanjeepuram pattu’ for the occasion of their life.
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Why should a fellow writer speak out about free expression in Jaipur, when she only wanted to hear Rushdie read one of his bejeweled paragraphs in which Star Wars and dhotis can grace the same sentence?
Deji Olukotun: How Two South Asian Literary Festivals Are Defining the Role of the Writer Deji Olukotun 2012
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The men themselves wore a somber white, clad only in dhotis that covered their waists and were tucked between their legs; their chests were bare.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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The men themselves wore a somber white, clad only in dhotis that covered their waists and were tucked between their legs; their chests were bare.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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While all this had been going on, the various occupants of the many buses and cars now waiting on each side of the accident had spread their dhotis (long pieces of cloth) and were sitting or resting quietly in the shade under the trees.
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The last time I was in India, I never saw so many fat men in dhotis and fat women in saris.
Thirst No. 3 Christopher Pike 2010
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While all this had been going on, the various occupants of the many buses and cars now waiting on each side of the accident had spread their dhotis (long pieces of cloth) and were sitting or resting quietly in the shade under the trees.
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The men themselves wore a somber white, clad only in dhotis that covered their waists and were tucked between their legs; their chests were bare.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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