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do-rag

do-rag noun: a piece of cloth used to cover the head.

do-rag: a piece of cloth used to cover the head
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Noun

do-rag (plural do-rags)

  1. A piece of cloth used to cover the head.
    • It's your business if you want to run around in spandex, sporting a do-rag or a moussed pompadour with ponytail...2003, Teri S O'Brien, The Personal Trainer's Handbook
    • "I can pay for my own damn beer," the man in the flame do-rag says.2007, Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Book of the Dead

Forms of do-rag

pluraldo-rags
alternative formdurag

Origin of do-rag

From do (“hairdo”) + rag.

Questions about do-rag

What does do-rag mean?
Do-rag means a piece of cloth used to cover the head.
What part of speech is do-rag?
Do-rag is a noun.
What is the plural of do-rag?
The plural of do-rag is do-rags.

Words near do-rag in the dictionary

  1. do-ocratic
  2. do-ocratically
  3. do-or-die
  4. do-over
  5. do-overs
  6. do-rag
  7. do-rags
  8. do-re-mi
  9. do-sa-do
  10. do-sa-dos
  11. do-se-do

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