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sarong definition

sa·rong (sə rôŋ′, -räŋ′)

noun

  1. the principal garment of men and women in the Malay Archipelago, the East Indies, etc., consisting of a long strip of cloth, often brightly colored and printed, worn like a skirt
  2. cotton cloth for such garments

Etymology: Malay sarung, lit., sheath

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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