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  • He was dressed in a gaungbaung of pale pink silk, an ingyi of starched muslin, and a paso of Mandalay silk, a gorgeous salmon-pink brocaded with yellow.

    Burmese Days 2002

  • By the far bank a knot of men, one of them wearing a green gaungbaung, were waiting beside

    Burmese Days 2002

  • The Burman in the green gaungbaung was climbing out.

    Burmese Days 2002

  • Then he put on his pink gaungbaung and muslin ingyi and brought the tea-tray to his master’s bedside.

    Burmese Days 2002

  • Ko S’la had hurriedly put on his ingyi and his best pink silk gaungbaung, and he appeared from within the house with a tray on which were a decanter of gin, glasses and a box of cigarettes.

    Burmese Days 2002

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