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kaross

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kaross [kəˈrɒs]
n
(Clothing & Fashion) a garment of skins worn by indigenous peoples in southern Africa
[from Afrikaans karos, perhaps from Dutch kuras, from French cuirasse cuirass]
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For me, I snatched up the rug--afterwards I found it was Noma's best kaross, made by Basutos of chosen cat-skins, and worth three oxen--and I fled, followed by Koos.
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