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  • noun Plural form of pashmina.

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Examples

  • Thursday, Jun. 18, 2009:: 12: 58 a.m. Fun fact about me: I own ten "pashminas" a.k.a. shawls bought on the street for $5.

    misspinkkate Diary Entry misspinkkate 2009

  • He has the most beautiful "pashminas" a. k.a pieces of colored fabric that are obviously not cashmere, but who cares?

    misspinkkate Diary Entry misspinkkate 2005

  • All I know is I will be the most PREEEETTIESSST GIIIIRL IN THE WOOOOOOORLD with all my beautiful "pashminas".

    misspinkkate Diary Entry misspinkkate 2005

  • -- S.F. Dear S. F.: In the mid-'90s, stores began carrying shawls and wide scarves that came to be known as "pashminas," named for the expensive wool from the soft underbelly of Tibetan goats.

    chicagotribune.com - 2009

  • My next thought was that maybe I could get pashminas even cheaper from India.

    Book Excerpt: 'A Place Of Yes' 2011

  • I trusted my intuitive ability to spot a trend and shelled out $3,400 that I didn't have, wiring the money to a total stranger in Bombay, in exchange for the promise of 50 pashminas.

    Book Excerpt: 'A Place Of Yes' 2011

  • I don't like imagining my future husband trying to look manly while being crowded out of his own house by a burgeoning forest of chiffon ruching, bias-cut crepe, and those fake pashminas with pictures of peacocks in metallic thread I love so much.

    Larissa Archer: On Not Marrying Larissa Archer 2011

  • With red column lighting, crimson lip gloss and hot pink pashminas.

    Belinda Munoz: Inner Strength and Cancer Belinda Munoz 2011

  • I don't like imagining my future husband trying to look manly while being crowded out of his own house by a burgeoning forest of chiffon ruching, bias-cut crepe, and those fake pashminas with pictures of peacocks in metallic thread I love so much.

    Larissa Archer: On Not Marrying Larissa Archer 2011

  • I don't like imagining my future husband trying to look manly while being crowded out of his own house by a burgeoning forest of chiffon ruching, bias-cut crepe, and those fake pashminas with pictures of peacocks in metallic thread I love so much.

    Larissa Archer: On Not Marrying Larissa Archer 2011

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