"comboy" meaning in English

See comboy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: comboys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} comboy (plural comboys)
  1. (obsolete) A kind of skirt or kilt of white calico, worn by the Sinhalese in the manner of a sarong. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-comboy-en-noun-FGn5Bnn0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        },
        {
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1870, Mission Life; Or Home and Foreign Church Work, page 203:",
          "text": "There you may see the effeminate-looking Singhalese, with their long hair, tortoiseshell combs, and tight petticoats or \"comboys,\" the national dress since the days of old Robert Knox […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A kind of skirt or kilt of white calico, worn by the Sinhalese in the manner of a sarong."
      ],
      "id": "en-comboy-en-noun-FGn5Bnn0",
      "links": [
        [
          "skirt",
          "skirt"
        ],
        [
          "kilt",
          "kilt"
        ],
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ],
        [
          "calico",
          "calico"
        ],
        [
          "Sinhalese",
          "Sinhalese"
        ],
        [
          "sarong",
          "sarong"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A kind of skirt or kilt of white calico, worn by the Sinhalese in the manner of a sarong."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "comboy"
}
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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        "English lemmas",
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        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1870, Mission Life; Or Home and Foreign Church Work, page 203:",
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        }
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        "A kind of skirt or kilt of white calico, worn by the Sinhalese in the manner of a sarong."
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "kilt",
          "kilt"
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        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ],
        [
          "calico",
          "calico"
        ],
        [
          "Sinhalese",
          "Sinhalese"
        ],
        [
          "sarong",
          "sarong"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A kind of skirt or kilt of white calico, worn by the Sinhalese in the manner of a sarong."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
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