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单词 langoti
释义

langotin.

/lʌŋˈɡuːti/
Forms: Also langooty, langotee, langoty, lungooty.
Etymology: < Hindi langotī. N.E.D. (1901) enters this under the double headword langooty, lungooty and gives the pronunciation as (lɒŋgū·ti) /lʌŋˈɡuːtɪ/.
(See quots.)
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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 > clothing for loins or genital area > loin cloth
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1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master ii. 43 (note) The hamauls, or bearers of India, are literally naked, with the exception of an article of dress called a langooty..which I cannot describe better to my female readers, than substituting a pocket~handkerchief for Eve's fig-leaf.
1826 J. Leyden & W. Erskine tr. Mem. Zehir-Ed-Din 333 A langoti..is a piece of clout that hangs down two spans from the navel.
1889 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 242 He ordered the natives to muffle the cubs in their turbans or langooties.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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