tribal tattoo

noun

A monocolor sleeve tattoo with a geometric design, supposedly similar to the tattoos of various indeterminate native peoples.

Meanings

nountribal tattoo (plural tribal tattoos)

plural tribal tattoos

  1. A monocolor sleeve tattoo with a geometric design, supposedly similar to the tattoos of various indeterminate native peoples.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tribal, tattoo.: a tattoo signifying association to a particular tribe.
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