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- noun Plural form of
headscarf .
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Examples
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Women in headscarves sell khat - a leafy stimulant popular in Somalia - from garbage bags.
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Women in headscarves sell khat - a leafy stimulant popular in Somalia - from garbage bags.
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The elderly Mr. Hadrawi was seen checking his cellphone, as young volunteers — some in headscarves — scampered around women in colorful Somali dresses.
Africa Dispatch: Somali Artists Look Homeward Devon Maylie 2010
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Here you'll find women in headscarves, ethnic restaurants and a street market catering to the more than two million people of Turkish origin who live in Germany.
German Chancellor Calls Multiculturalism Experiment a Failure 2010
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Women in headscarves sell khat - a leafy stimulant popular in Somalia - from garbage bags.
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Women in headscarves sell khat - a leafy stimulant popular in Somalia - from garbage bags.
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Women in headscarves sell khat - a leafy stimulant popular in Somalia - from garbage bags.
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Put our women in headscarves and forbid them to hold jobs, and drive?
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This has been a serious problem of late in Metropolitan Paris so the banning of headscarves is a complex issue but most assuredly an assertion that France will maintain its secular institutions and not bow to religious fundamentalism during the school day.
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The flamboyant, bleach-blond politician also has called for taxing clothing commonly worn by Muslims, such as headscarves – or "head rags," as he once called them – because they "pollute" the Dutch landscape.
Geert Wilders, Anti-Islam Dutch Politician, On Trial For Hate Speech Charges AP 2010
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