The arrangement of the sarong is simply this reversed, with the advantage that walking is not impeded. From Wordnik.com. [Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago] Reference
There she was, looking much more at home in sarong and kabia than in her satin dress, working her way up a long line as in a country dance. From Wordnik.com. [Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago] Reference
This scarf is sewn together at the ends and is traditionally called a sarong or a kain. From Wordnik.com. [Buy Clothes] Reference
Arthur C. Clarke wore them often, since in Sri Lanka the sarong is a purely male item of apparel. From Wordnik.com. [Torture, a present of Goth Girls, wings and corsets and a weekend challenge to YOU] Reference
It's a Wrap: A sarong is a must. From Wordnik.com. [Charlotte Safavi: Summer Fashion Weekend Tips] Reference
"sarong," a species of petticoat, reaching from the waist to the feet, and a white linen jacket. From Wordnik.com. [On the Equator] Reference
"Gambling," Peter Marlowe said, retrieving his sarong. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
She said she felt like it was a sarong that you just put on. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 10, 2005] Reference
Her sarong was half held against her and she was looking out to sea. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
The man wore only a sarong, and the way he wore it, it seemed to belong. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
She was standing at the window dreamily, her sarong around her shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
Larkin stretched his aching back, retied his sarong and slipped on his clogs. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
The opening look was a white linen gauze pullover worn with a matching sarong. From Wordnik.com. [Designers Throw a Pajama Party] Reference
Peter Marlowe took off his sarong, folded it carefully and put it on Mac's bed. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
He turned to Mac and got up and sighed and smoothed his sarong around his hips. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
"All my books have Fats Waller in them," laughs Ondaatje, "and the odd sarong.". From Wordnik.com. [Jazz In Strange Places] Reference
She was lying on the bed, her sarong loose and full around her, her eyes liquid. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
Peter Marlowe took off his sarong and threw it and the inch of money onto a bed. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
Sulina slipped off the bed and relied the sarong and adjusted her little baju jacket. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
Peter Marlowe stood up and relied his sarong and headed back to his hut, anticipating breakfast. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
He wrapped his sarong around his waist and went to the concrete bungalow of his friends, his unit. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
KING: But "One Millions Years, B.C." was the one -- I mean, you were in the sarong kind of outfit?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 20, 2001] Reference
There was a great variety of silk weaving of every conceivable shape and style, the sarong being prominent. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Far East] Reference
The women, on account of their peculiar headgear and jackets of dark cloth and short sarong, are interesting. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Far East] Reference
She opened her sarong, still damp from the day's swim, and stuck it out the window to flap it dry in the wind. From Wordnik.com. [Round the World Now] Reference
There was nothing strange in seeing a man sitting thus in the heat of the noon sun, cinder-burned, in a sarong. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
Who else could have pulled off the sarong trick, or flirted so outrageously with camp yet been so obviously straight?. From Wordnik.com. [Being Beckham] Reference
Her sarong-clad husband, Karsana, was kidnapped at midnight from their peasant house by a group of men wearing black masks. From Wordnik.com. [The Politics Of Terror] Reference
The style is distinctive with the women, as all of the surrounding people -- the Burmans, Laos, and Malays -- wear the sarong. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Far East] Reference
Now, instead of reaching the ground, the sarong was knee length, and the bulk of it helped to hide the untoward thickness of his legs. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
We had wrapped his presents in a Chinese "Special K" cereal box, a Kerala sarong, blue gingham bandana and an outdated London Daily Mail. From Wordnik.com. [The Macphersons: Week 40: Crusin'] Reference
The colonel wore only a loincloth, made from half a sarong, knotted around his waist — kiltlike — and under the kilt there was nothing. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
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