sarong
pronunciation
How to pronounce sarong in British English:
UK [səˈrɒŋ]
How to pronounce sarong in American English:
US [səˈrɔŋ]
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- Noun:
- a loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body; worn by both women and men in the South Pacific
Word Origin
- sarong (n.)
- skirt-like garment, the Malay national garment, 1834, from Malay sarung "sheath, covering." OED traces it to "some mod. form of Skr. saranga "variegated."
Example
- 1. Nothing says romance like an uninvited onlooker in a leopard print sarong .
- 2. Slender and disdainful , with a long narrow nose and slightly squinting eyes , she was wrapped in a sarong .
- 3. Wearing flip-flops and a longyi , the traditional burmese sarong , on december 1st president thein sein welcomed the secretary of state , hillary clinton , to his gaudy golden palace in the new capital of naypyidaw .
- 4. But jane , with her new intuitiveness , guessed that she sat there because it meant that she was in daniel 's sight lines the whole time she was yawning and stretching and pretending to sunbathe , showing off her legs through the slit in her sarong .
- 5. A sarong place over my chest and lunch was served .