gee-string

or gee string

[ jee-string ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

The usual fashion in clothes prevailed; gee-string for the men, and short sarong-like skirt for the women.

I saw before me a handsome naked Cocopah Indian, who wore a belt and a gee-string.

A gee-string and a cartridge-belt were all the clothes he wore.

His fathers before him had worn no clothes, and neither did he, not even a gee-string.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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