loincloth
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7.1
- noun
- /ˈlɔɪnˌklɔθ/
:
taparrabos
- At the festival, people danced in colorful loincloths that showcased their culture.
- wearing a loincloth
- only a loincloth
Just like a skeleton that just oh, couldn't even find a loincloth.
- Just like a skeleton that just oh, couldn't even find a loincloth.
- You take off all your robes and nice clothes, wear this as your loincloth.
- All of us at the show, we should all wear like loincloths, paint ourselves blue and go and see the Fablemans.
- And we came to this village where there was all of these young girls who just had a good little loincloth around their waist and they were all like blue, like Navy, Navy blue.
- He came here with nothing but a loincloth and a jar of protein powder as an animal.
Examples
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Then the costume included a little girl's loincloth of locally woven white cloth and a head tie covering the hair.
Academic text (1998) -
More and more individuals reported for work with nothing more on than loincloths.
Fiction book (1991) -
- I made this loincloth.
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That is, until one of the brothers drops his loincloth.
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Perhaps we should outfit you with a wooden club and a loincloth.
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He looks so much better in a loincloth.
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The body was naked, except for a loincloth twisted around the boy's thin limbs.
Fiction book (1991) -
Two different worlds juxtaposed: men in spacesuits and a man in a loincloth.
Fiction book (1995) -
Leaning on the garden wall, he was a handsome, muscular creature dressed in a loincloth and nothing else.
Fiction book (1994) -
Men and ogres alike toiled here, dressed in loincloths and little else.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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1.0
A small piece cut from a larger material used to make or fix clothes
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9.9
A strip of cloth worn around the waist and between the legs, often by Indigenous peoples as a traditional garment
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9.9
A small cloth worn around the hips to cover the lower body
How Covered
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Loincloth comes from the two simple words loin (the lower back and hips) and cloth ('piece of fabric'). So a loincloth is literally a 'piece of cloth' worn over the loins, which explains why it names a simple garment wrapped around the hips.