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  • noun Plural form of sarong.

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Examples

  • Men in sarongs, tropical palm trees, and voluminous billowing drapery all evoke another place from our own.

    South Pacific 2008

  • Men in sarongs, tropical palm trees, and voluminous billowing drapery all evoke another place from our own.

    Archive 2008-12-01 2008

  • The early crowd on Thursday afternoon included men in sarongs and dreadlocks and women in peasant skirts, but also close-cropped, tattooed guys in cargo shorts.

    Bonnaroo: The Warm-up - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

  • The early crowd on Thursday afternoon included men in sarongs and dreadlocks and women in peasant skirts, but also close-cropped, tattooed guys in cargo shorts.

    Bonnaroo: The Warm-up - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

  • Nikki, coordinated with Sage in sarongs, speculated on the love life of starfish.

    rarer than a hen's tooth Dean Francis Alfar 2005

  • This collection was inspired by his many trips to Asia, seen through batik prints and built-in sarongs.

    Resort 2010 2009

  • This collection was inspired by his many trips to Asia, seen through batik prints and built-in sarongs.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • That last line is funny, how your grandfather would call the sarongs skirts...

    When outward appearances mean more than a good heart and an honest soul Glenda Larke 2007

  • The men wear either 'sarongs' or trousers, or both, and a cotton jacket, and are always armed either with kreeses or chopping-knives, carried in their belts; the weapons are for cutting down cocoanuts and bamboo, and for protection against snakes and tigers.

    Dutch Life in Town and Country P. M. Hough

  • (Same with the sarongs – which I think is crazy - b/c the sarongs are these beautifully patterned fabrics – but if you wore that out in public, I guess it’s sort of like wearing a bath robe to the mall or something.)

    Archive 2008-10-01 Will 2008

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