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- noun Plural form of
burka .
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Examples
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I can show you pictures of women in burkas carrying sign to kill infidels (from the cartoon protests).
Global Voices in English » In France, Sudan, Burqas and Trousers Cause Controversy 2009
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I went through towns that had a formal reality as names on a map, but were little more than rashes of rusted-corrugated-iron and bamboo stalls under canopies of jackfruit trees, teeming with men wearing skirt-like lungis and baseball caps and women in burkas that concealed all but their eyes and noses.
Waterworld 2008
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I went through towns that had a formal reality as names on a map, but were little more than rashes of rusted-corrugated-iron and bamboo stalls under canopies of jackfruit trees, teeming with men wearing skirt-like lungis and baseball caps and women in burkas that concealed all but their eyes and noses.
Waterworld 2008
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I went through towns that had a formal reality as names on a map, but were little more than rashes of rusted-corrugated-iron and bamboo stalls under canopies of jackfruit trees, teeming with men wearing skirt-like lungis and baseball caps and women in burkas that concealed all but their eyes and noses.
Waterworld 2008
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A leading member, for instance, implied that parents would have reason for concern if men used to seeing women "completely covered in burkas" saw a teenager in a bikini on the beach.
Little-England-on-the-Solent Ray Girvan 2004
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A leading member, for instance, implied that parents would have reason for concern if men used to seeing women "completely covered in burkas" saw a teenager in a bikini on the beach.
Archive 2004-05-01 Ray Girvan 2004
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I saw women in burkas searching for water trickling through otherwise dry gravel beds.
The Lawless Frontier 2000
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I saw women in burkas searching for water trickling through otherwise dry gravel beds.
The Lawless Frontier 2000
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Al Franken said on his radio show is that one of the bits is to introduce American cheerleaders who come out in burkas.
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The Dutch government, facing re-election next week, said Friday it plans to draw up legislation “as soon as possible†banning the head-to-toe garment known as burkas and other clothing that covers the entire face in public places.
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