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  • noun Alternative spelling of thobe.

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Examples

  • He explained that the kandura is the official dress of the Emirates but other countries have their own version of the kandura, also known as a dishdasha, thawb, throbe or suriyah depending what country you are in.

    Cator Sparks: Attention Men of the Western World: Calm Down and Embrace the Kandura! Cator Sparks 2011

  • He explained that the kandura is the official dress of the Emirates but other countries have their own version of the kandura, also known as a dishdasha, thawb, throbe or suriyah depending what country you are in.

    Cator Sparks: Attention Men of the Western World: Calm Down and Embrace the Kandura! Cator Sparks 2011

  • The kingdom is dominated by mosques and malls, which the mutawwa'in patrol in leather sandals and shortened versions of the thawb, the traditional ankle-length white robe that many Saudis wear.

    The Kingdom in the Closet 2007

  • He used to wear his thick black hair down to his shoulders, concealing it with a baseball cap in public, until recently, when he ran into a man in a shortened thawb at a coffee shop.

    The Kingdom in the Closet 2007

  • The kingdom is dominated by mosques and malls, which the mutawwa'in patrol in leather sandals and shortened versions of the thawb, the traditional ankle-length white robe that many Saudis wear.

    The Kingdom in the Closet 2007

  • He used to wear his thick black hair down to his shoulders, concealing it with a baseball cap in public, until recently, when he ran into a man in a shortened thawb at a coffee shop.

    The Kingdom in the Closet 2007

  • The kingdom is dominated by mosques and malls, which the mutawwa'in patrol in leather sandals and shortened versions of the thawb, the traditional ankle-length white robe that many Saudis wear.

    The Kingdom in the Closet 2007

  • Been there, done that, seen the movie and bought the thawb and ghutra.

    Pizza Patr�n's Peculiar Pecuniary Peso-Paying Predicament 2007

  • A white thawb, or robe made of cotton, was draped over his shoulders and stopped short of his ankles, and his sandy brown hair was covered with a ghutra and tied with an ornamental rope to keep it in place.

    Consent to Kill Vince Flynn 2005

  • A white thawb, or robe made of cotton, was draped over his shoulders and stopped short of his ankles, and his sandy brown hair was covered with a ghutra and tied with an ornamental rope to keep it in place.

    Consent to Kill Mitch, Rapp 06 2005

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  • Also see dishdasha.

    April 24, 2008