Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stomacher.
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Examples
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Bhandara the girl is clad only in a light skirt and breast-cloth, and her body is rubbed all over with oil in order to make his task more difficult.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II
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Among other ceremonies, presents of fruit, food, ornaments and jewellery are exchanged between the parties, and these are called _choli-ka-bharana_ or filling the bride's breast-cloth.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II
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After this she may have anklets and bangles on the forearm and a breast-cloth.
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A second wife worships the spirit of the dead first wife on the day of Akhatij, offering some food and a breast-cloth, so that the spirit may not trouble her.
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They wear the _choli_ or Hindustani breast-cloth tied in front, and have a hooped silver ornament on the top of the head, which is known as _dhora_.
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A woman is buried in a green cloth and a breast-cloth.
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On the upper part of the body they wear an _angia_ or breast-cloth, that is a short, tight, sleeveless jacket reaching only to below the breasts.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala
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Women wear _lugras_, or a single long cloth of red, blue or black cotton, and under this the _choli_, or small breast-cloth.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala
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They wear no ornaments in the nose or ears, and have no breast-cloth.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala
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Yerande women leave off wearing the _choli_ or breast-cloth after they have had one child, and have nothing under the _sari_ or body-cloth, but they wear this folded double.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala
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