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lava-lava

noun

  1. a draped skirtlike garment of printed cotton or calico worn by Polynesians
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lava-lava1

Samoan
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Example Sentences

From the fact that each was attired in a new, snow-white lava-lava, Sheldon knew that they were recruits.

All the men wore trousers, for the Church has decided that the lava-lava is indecent.

I am wearing only a lava-lava, and this faint sea-breeze blowing over me almost makes me forget the engines and their troubles.

He lived in a grass house, ate native goods, wore no other clothing than the native lava-lava.

Old Oti's pride had been touched, for he suddenly stripped down his lava-lava and showed me the unmistakable scar of a bullet.

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