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  • noun Plural form of sari.

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Examples

  • Shanta helped the women of the tour dress in saris for the farewell dinner.

    The Apparition 2007

  • For decades, they've gathered together, dressed in saris and sweater sets, to share recipes, arguments, and laughter.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Nalini Singh 2007

  • Shanta helped the women of the tour dress in saris for the farewell dinner.

    The Apparition 2007

  • My husband brought back a picture of me and my class, all dressed in saris - me in a navari.

    Bows to my Alma Mater Anjali 2007

  • The halakhic androgynos is merely a person, or for that matter an animal (Mishnah Bekhorot 6: 12, Bekhorot 41a – 42a), who has both sexual organs, just as the saris is a man who cannot reproduce.

    Gender Identity In Halakhic Discourse. 2009

  • He said that even there is a principle called saris decisus (ph), which is the court had already decided, it was time to overturn that.

    CNN Transcript Jun 26, 2003 2003

  • Sarsechim was Rab-saris, that is, captain of the guard; and Nergal-sharezer, to distinguish him from the other of the same name that is put first, is called

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

  • The traditional South Asian costumes included colorful Indian women's garments called saris, as well as ghungroos, bells tied to the feet of the dancers, which serve as both decoration and percussion.

    The Brown Daily Herald RSS 2010

  • The saris were the brightest I had seen, and women wearing black burqas had them decorated with beads and ribbons.

    post-gazette.com - News 2009

  • The area around the Charminar -- the 416-year-old four-minaret monument near the Mecca Masjid -- is nothing if not teeming, and salespeople in the adjacent Lad Bazaar do a brisk business in glass bangles and traditional clothing such as saris and sherwanis.

    The Soul of India 2008

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