Meaning of songkok | Babel Free

Definitions

An Asian cap resembling a fez, worn mostly by male Muslims.

Examples

“He saw himself, in a smart suit and a songkok, bowed into the opulent suites of Ritzes and Waldorfs and baring, under dark glasses, a hairy chest to a milder sun by a snakeless sea.”

“Short and thick set, he almost invariably dressed in a Western business suit or a safari jacket once he gave up his military uniform, and a black songkok, the flat traditional Indonesian cap.”

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