lungie

English

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlʌŋi/

Noun

lungie (plural lungies)

  1. (UK, Scotland, archaic) A guillemot[1]
  2. A rectangular piece of cloth that is wrapped around a man's waist and tied to form a skirt-like garment, traditional in India and some other South Asian countries.

References

  1. ^ “lungie”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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