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  • noun A loincloth.

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Examples

  • Then he put on the mail shirt Sir Henry had given him and his 'moocha', and, having cleaned up Inkosi-kaas a little, stood forth complete.

    Allan Quatermain Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • Then with a single movement Umbopa slipped off his "moocha" or girdle, and stood naked before us.

    King Solomon's Mines Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • Way to go Angie-getting Broder to link to the Rolling Stone piece – moocha smoochas for you at yearlyKos.

    Firedoglake » Constitutional Disconnect 2006

  • She was wrinkled and deformed, and her snake-skin moocha, with the inflated fish-bladder in her hair, showed that she was a witch-doctoress.

    The Ghost Kings Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • Dingaan will be satisfied when we show him the moocha, and sleep in peace henceforth.

    The Ghost Kings Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • Except for his _moocha_ he was almost naked, and into his grey hair was woven a polished ring of black gum, from which hung several little bladders.

    Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • Indeed, one tall, thin fellow sported only a battered helmet of rusty steel that had drifted here from some European army, a _moocha_ or waistbelt of catskins, and a pair of decayed tennis-shoes through which his toes appeared.

    Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • Rachel, who must hold the heavy gun above her head, Noie tied Rachel's towel about her middle to take the place of her moocha, and very cautiously they crept up the kloof, fearing lest some of the Zulus might still be lurking in the neighbourhood.

    The Ghost Kings Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • Upon his scraggy neck was a necklace of baboon's teeth and amulets, whilst above the _moocha_ was twisted a snake that might have been either alive or stuffed.

    Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • She was dressed in a leopard-like moocha and wore on her shoulders a fur kaross, and about her neck a circlet of blue beads, and from her hair there rose one crane's feather tall as a walking-stick, and in her hand she held a little spear.

    The Ivory Child Henry Rider Haggard 1890

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