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bamboo wives

bamboo wives is the plural of bamboo wife.

Meaning of bamboo wife

Noun

bamboo wife (plural bamboo wives)

  1. In East Asia and Southeast Asia, a hollow bamboo bolster roughly the size of a human body, embraced by a person while sleeping during hot weather because its open structure exposes the body to cooling air flow.
    Synonyms:
    Dutch wife

Questions about bamboo wives

What is bamboo wives the plural of?
Bamboo wives is the plural of bamboo wife.

Words near bamboo wives in the dictionary

  1. bamboo shoots
  2. bamboo torture
  3. bamboo vine
  4. bamboo vines
  5. bamboo wife
  6. bamboo wives
  7. bamboo worm
  8. bambooed
  9. bambooes
  10. bambooey
  11. bambooing

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