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headrag

headrag is the alternative form 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

Forms of headrag

pluralheadrags

Questions about headrag

What is headrag the alternative form of?
Headrag is the alternative form of head rag.

Words near headrag in the dictionary

  1. headquartered
  2. headquartering
  3. headquarters
  4. headrace
  5. headraces
  6. headrag
  7. headrags
  8. headrail
  9. headrails
  10. headreach
  11. headreached

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