Kaffiyeh

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  • noun. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In Syria, a small shawl or scarf worn about the head, and bound with a colored cord.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Alternative spelling of keffiyeh.
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  • noun. an Arab headdress consisting of a square piece of cloth folded into a triangle and fastened over the crown by an agal
  • Word Usage
    "The logic, born in college dining halls and now embraced by people well into adulthood, that holds that donning a colored plastic bracelet or a kaffiyeh is an act of personal and political self-definition can and does attach the same significance to snowboarding and to selecting one’s iPod playlist."
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