Definitions
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- noun A round-topped, soft type of men's hat, usually made from
wool , traditionally worn byPashtuns ofAfghanistan but also by some inUzbekistan ,Pakistan , andTajikistan .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I gave Rob four wool Afghan pakol hats, which are his favorite headgear.
If You’re Just Joining Us: Interview with Nutritional Anthropologist, Deborah Duchon, from Good Eats maryrobinette 2008
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The Afghan had a long white beard and a brown hood over his pakol.
Imperial Grunts 2005
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He wore a potato-colored coat, and a brown wool pakol on his head
A Thousand Splendid Suns Hosseini, Khaled 2007
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She had one hand clamped over her mouth, and her eyes were skipping from Babi to the man in the pakol
A Thousand Splendid Suns Hosseini, Khaled 2007
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Massoud's handsome, thoughtful face, eyebrow cocked and trademark pakol tilted, would become ubiquitous in Kabul.
A Thousand Splendid Suns Hosseini, Khaled 2007
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The Afghan had a long white beard and a brown hood over his pakol.
Imperial Grunts 2005
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His pakol was pushed back on his head, and she could see that he'd started to lose his hair.
A Thousand Splendid Suns Hosseini, Khaled 2007
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A few stories that appeared in western papers via this route were careful and low-key, but many were romantic, self-promoting accounts of heroic exploits by reporters who donned a shalwar kameez and a pakol, the pie-shaped Afghan woolen hat, to slip into Afghanistan alongside the men with the guns.
The Guardian World News Jonathan Steele 2011
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A few stories that appeared in western papers via this route were careful and low-key, but many were romantic, self-promoting accounts of heroic exploits by reporters who donned a shalwar kameez and a pakol, the pie-shaped Afghan woolen hat, to slip into Afghanistan alongside the men with the guns.
The Guardian World News Jonathan Steele 2011
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"It won't take long," predicted one, wrapped in an Afghan blanket and wearing a pakol, the woollen round-topped hat favoured by the mujaheddin.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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