bandana

Definitions

1. A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband.
2. A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed a uniform red or dark colour, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure.

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Examples

“Neighbours now came hurrying in, and one after another missed some trifling article of property which the deceased was known to have⟳ possessed. There were three thin spoons, real silver, on which she greatly prided herself; they were gone. A large silver watch⟳, together with a red silk shawl and a Bandana handkerchief, very regular parts of her Sunday attire, were also not to be found.”

“One cure for a headache involved binding the stalk of the herb crosswort to the head with a red bandana[.]”

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