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bandanna, -ana|bænˈdænə|
Also 8 bandanno.
[cf. Hindustani bāndhnū ‘a mode of dyeing in which the cloth is tied in different places, to prevent the parts from receiving the dye’ (Shakspear Dict.); prob. adopted first in Pg.]
A richly coloured silk handkerchief, with spots left white or yellow by the process described above. The name is now applied to cotton handkerchiefs also, and the pattern is produced by chemical agency.
1752in J. Long Bengal (1870) 31 Plain taffaties, ordinary bandannoes, and chappas. 1854Thackeray Newcomes I. 39 Waving his yellow bandanna. 1875I. L. Bird Hawaii 134 Many had tied bandanas in a graceful knot over the left shoulder.
attrib.1824Ann. Reg. 140/2 Bandana handkerchiefs. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. (1858) 285 Beautiful bandana webs. |