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waist-cloth
waist·cloth
/
ˈweɪstˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ
/
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[
weyst
-klawth, -kloth
]
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noun,
plural
waist·cloths
/
-ˌklɔðz
,
-ˌklɒðz
,
-ˌklɔθs
,
-ˌklɒθs
/
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[
-klaw
th
z
,
-klo
th
z
,
-klawths
,
-kloths
]
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.
a loincloth.
Origin:
1605–15;
waist
+
cloth
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waistcloth
(ˈweɪstˌklɒθ)
—
n
obsolete
another word for
loincloth
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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