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Then with a sort of terror she saw the girl sink on her knees and bury her face in the djibbah, with a strangled sob.
To Let 2004
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There, in a djibbah — what things she wore! — with her hair straying from under a fillet, Soames saw his cousin, and Fleur going forward to greet her.
To Let 2004
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And suddenly he became aware of a sort of human breeze — a short, slight form clad in a sea-green djibbah with
To Let 2004
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Their very furniture had mysteriously a high-browed quality, and Mr. Goopes when at home dressed simply in a pajama-shaped suit of canvas sacking tied with brown ribbons, while his wife wore a purple djibbah with a richly embroidered yoke.
Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story Herbert George 1909
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Mrs. Britling was dignified and beautiful in a purple djibbah, and her stepson had become a handsome still figure of black and crimson.
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Their very furniture had mysteriously a high-browed quality, and Mr. Goopes when at home dressed simply in a pajama-shaped suit of canvas sacking tied with brown ribbons, while his wife wore a purple djibbah with a richly embroidered yoke.
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With a sort of terror she saw the girl sink on her knees and bury her face in the djibbah.
The Forsyte Saga - Complete John Galsworthy 1900
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With a sort of terror she saw the girl sink on her knees and bury her face in the djibbah.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. Awakening To Let John Galsworthy 1900
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And suddenly he became aware of a sort of human breeze -- a short, slight form clad in a sea-green djibbah with a metal belt and a fillet binding unruly red-gold hair all streaked with grey.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. Awakening To Let John Galsworthy 1900
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And suddenly he became aware of a sort of human breeze -- a short, slight form clad in a sea-green djibbah with a metal belt and a fillet binding unruly red-gold hair all streaked with grey.
The Forsyte Saga - Complete John Galsworthy 1900
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