Moocha

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A loincloth made from animals' tails or strips of skin; part of the traditional dress of Zulu males.

    "Umbopa did so, at the same time slipping off the long military great coat which he wore, and revealing himself naked except for the moocha round his centre and a necklace of lions' claws."

Example

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"Umbopa did so, at the same time slipping off the long military great coat which he wore, and revealing himself naked except for the moocha round his centre and a necklace of lions' claws."

Etymology

From Zulu unmutsha.

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