One wore a kind of tarboosh on his head, and the others had bits of rag twisted round their hair. From Wordnik.com. [Korea's Fight for Freedom] Reference
One was a man, wearing a proper European suit and a bright red tarboosh. From Wordnik.com. [The Mummy Case]
Salaaming until his tarboosh reached the level of his knees, the inwardly shaking Achmed stood before his two guests. From Wordnik.com. [Desert Love] Reference
The basic hat is a tarboosh or fez that P. says will make most British viewers of a certain age think of the comedian Tommy Cooper. From Wordnik.com. [Peter’s search for details on a “mystery fez” | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit"] Reference
He wore leavings from a uniform, but the bill to his forage cap had been torn off so that the crown alone topped his head like a grey tarboosh. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
The workmen dropped their bundles and gaped; the crowd murmured and swayed, watching expectantly; and the man in the tarboosh turned to face me. From Wordnik.com. [The Mummy Case]
But the oil sheikhs and Wahhabi sheikhs were viewed as men of the “tarboosh” and mocking them was necessary in Arab political literature, even in café discussions. From Wordnik.com. [Tuesday, January 27, 2009] Reference
Even at Jeddah Christians were only just tolerated before the War, and I found it advisable, when exploring its tortuous bazars, to wear a tarboosh, which earned me the respectful salutations then accorded to a Turk. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
The tarboosh at the back of his head was old and greasy. From Wordnik.com. [The Black] Reference
European clothes, but wearing a tarboosh, they left the hotel. From Wordnik.com. [The Sins of Séverac Bablon] Reference
The king sat erect, a purple tarboosh and crown of wrought gold upon his head. From Wordnik.com. [Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ] Reference
Swahili in tarboosh and a beautiful saffron robe, showed signs of strong excitement. From Wordnik.com. [African Camp Fires] Reference
He removed his jewelled crown; he drew off his purple tarboosh, and bowed before the young tribune. From Wordnik.com. [Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ] Reference
All of them wore more or less European clothing, with the inevitable tarboosh, each set at a different angle. From Wordnik.com. [Jimgrim and Allah's Peace] Reference
It was thrilling to be told that every Turk we met wearing a new handkerchief tied around his tarboosh had killed his. From Wordnik.com. [Harrison, Mrs. Burton, 1843-1920. Recollections Grave and Gay] Reference
The tassel of his tarboosh, a little red inverted flowerpot capping the summit, gyrated violently in moments of excitement. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of a Trooper] Reference
While thus gazing intently, some spectators came up, examined him, his native dress, and tarboosh carefully, and exclaimed. From Wordnik.com. [Three Months in the Soudan] Reference
This took the form of the arrival of an Egyptian attendant, white-robed, red-slippered, and wearing the inevitable tarboosh. From Wordnik.com. [The Yellow Claw] Reference
As Jarvis Pasha spoke, he opened the door, and summoned in a brown young Britisher wearing the tarboosh which denotes "Gyppy" officialdom. From Wordnik.com. [It Happened in Egypt] Reference
Hardly any two of them have the same uniform; the officer himself was clad in an old ragged pair of trousers, a plain overcoat, and tarboosh. From Wordnik.com. [Three Months in the Soudan] Reference
He wore full pantaloons, a loose sort of jacket, with a shawl bound round the waist, and his head was protected by a tarboosh, with a turban wrapped round it. From Wordnik.com. [For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War] Reference
He no longer wore his chauffeur's livery, but was arrayed in a white linen robe, red-sashed, and wore loose, red slippers; a tarboosh perched upon his shaven skull. From Wordnik.com. [The Yellow Claw] Reference
There was a gleam of his white teeth in the lamplight, and then his long, dark petticoats, his short English cover-coat, and his red tarboosh vanished successively down the ladder. From Wordnik.com. [A Desert Drama Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko"] Reference
A soldier, most impressive and neat in khaki and red tarboosh and sash; then two or three of his laughing, sleek women, clad in the thin, patterned "'Mericani," glittering with gold ornaments; then. From Wordnik.com. [African Camp Fires] Reference
Through the silken curtain that veiled the far end of the room came a soft-footed little Moor, his spotless white fellap and crimson tarboosh giving him a certain vividness against the soft background. From Wordnik.com. [The Black] Reference
Then he changed all his clothes and, donning a travelling cloak and a tarboosh, took a case, containing a spear of bamboo-cane, four-and-twenty cubits long, made in several pieces, to fit into one another. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
An Arab porter, clothed in a white gown scoured and starched like a Bishop’s surplice, crimson sash and tarboosh, sat drowsily at the gate. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Stories]
On his head was the national tarboosh. From Wordnik.com. [The Magician] Reference
In red tarboosh, green sash, and flowing white. From Wordnik.com. [Color] Reference
Egyptian tarboosh and insisted on putting it on. From Wordnik.com. [Of Human Bondage] Reference
Some are not much used: aba, chimere, jallaba, simar, tarboosh, zimarra, for instance. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XX No 2] Reference
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