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head rags

head rags is the plural of head rag.

Meaning of head rag

Noun

head rag (plural head rags)

  1. (US) A head covering comprising a piece of cloth wound around the head and knotted in the front, often associated with African American women.
    • This business of the head-rag irked her endlessly. But Jody was set on it. Her hair was NOT going to show in the store.1937, Zora Neale Hurston, chapter 6, in Their Eyes Were Watching God, University of Illinois Press, published 1978, page 86

Questions about head rags

What is head rags the plural of?
Head rags is the plural of head rag.

Words near head rags in the dictionary

  1. head pump
  2. head pumps
  3. head race
  4. head races
  5. head rag
  6. head rags
  7. head ram
  8. head ramming
  9. head reach
  10. head restraint
  11. head restraints

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