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burka [ˈbɜːkə] n
(Clothing & Fashion) a variant spelling of burqa [from Arabic] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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At the same time, 80 percent of Afghanistan's women are illiterate and, in some conservative regions, must still wear head-to-toe cloaks called burkas whenever they go outside their homes. When Chris Matthews recently asked Paul Burka, the veteran Texas journalist, what had changed Bush, Burka replied: "Dick Cheney. The sculpture's careful casting allows the weight of the bronze to seem ghostly, its disembodied hairiness suggesting Balzac's robe, a strange kind of burka, or the black hoods of Abu Ghraib. |
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burka - a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan; "the Taliban forced all women to wear the burqa"