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Examples
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The straw is also called 'Paja de toquilla' or 'jipi japa'.
Chapter 6 1983
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Women nodded and chattered at her, ragged soldiers swept her salutes with their jipi-japa hats, children clung to her and capered by her side.
Rainbow's End Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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Removing his wide jipi-japa hat, the young man swept a mocking salutation to the east.
Rainbow's End Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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With a broad-brimmed _jipi-japa_ hat shading his swarth features from the sun, he lounges all day long upon the quarterdeck, his elbows usually rested upon the capstan-head; his sole occupation rolling and smoking paper cigarritos, one of which is usually either in his fingers, or between his lips.
The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea Mayne Reid 1850
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Soon, as assured -- by a glance at the card given him -- that his visitor is the gentleman who has written to appoint an interview, Captain Lantanas politely salutes; and _jipi-japa_ in hand, stands waiting to hear what the _haciendado_ may have to say.
The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea Mayne Reid 1850
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The world-famous Panama hats (jipi japa) were created in Ecuador.
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There's not a lot of directly drug policy-related stuff to be cleaned from the chopo, but I did talk with some of the more jipi (hippie) - type vendors and their clientele.
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The plaza has been a gathering place for jipis and artists for decades, and the plaza has recently been crowded with the stalls of the vendors, many of them embracing the jipi lifestyle and selling that kind of stuff.
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