ashoebi

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noun

Clothes made from the same fabric to be worn by several people during a festive occasion in Sierra Leone.

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Meanings

nounashoebi (uncountable)
  1. uncountableClothes made from the same fabric to be worn by several people during a festive occasion in Sierra Leone.

    The women wore long uniform dresses or ashoebi of brown print; their hair was decorated with cowrie shells to complement the fancy masquerade.

    1987, John Wallace Nunley, Moving with the face of the devil: art and politics in urban West Africa
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APA

ashoebi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ashoebi

MLA

“ashoebi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ashoebi. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ashoebi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ashoebi.

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