comboy

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noun

A kind of skirt or kilt of white calico, worn by the Sinhalese in the manner of a sarong.

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nouncomboy (plural comboys)

plural comboys

  1. obsoleteA kind of skirt or kilt of white calico, worn by the Sinhalese in the manner of a sarong.

    There you may see the effeminate-looking Singhalese, with their long hair, tortoiseshell combs, and tight petticoats or "comboys," the national dress since the days of old Robert Knox […]

    1870, Mission Life; Or Home and Foreign Church Work, page 203
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