lappan.
/ˈlapə/, U.S. /ˈlæpə/, West African English /ˈlapa/ West African.
A woman's shawl or skirt.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > clothing for lower body > skirt > types of > other
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1954 E. Warner Trial by Sasswood (1955) iv. 68 Gloriously decked out from the waist down in a bright new golden wrap-around lappa.
1957 M. Banton West Afr. City ix. 173 A woman may dance with two or three trilby hats on her head and a man with a woman's lappa or shawl, round his shoulders.
1966 C. Achebe Man of People ix. 100 She rubbed her eyes with a corner of her lappa and blew her nose into it.
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