loincloth
noun
loin·cloth
ˈlȯin-ˌklȯth 
: a cloth worn about the loins often as the sole article of clothing in warm climates
Examples of loincloth in a Sentence
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The Slits were naked except for loincloths and covered in mud, not Noxzema, but there was still the idea that both bands wanted to rebel against stereotypical, hypersexualized notions of what women should look like on an album cover.
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Longreads, 16 Jan. 2024
The Sewer Boys — as well as their parents, who appear in the movie’s climax — are all anatomically endowed underneath their loincloths and ratty T-shirts.
—Vulture, 24 Oct. 2023
The statue features a godlike Lincoln astride a kneeling, formerly enslaved man in a loincloth — his servile gratitude could not be more apparent.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
And while their visual imagery is usually masculine — loincloth and all — there are plenty of female oni, some of whom are enchantresses born out of feelings of jealousy, vengeance and shame.
—Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2023
Simple clothes hang loose, such as capes, cloaks or loincloths.
—Ian Gilligan, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023
Each depicts a Black man, one in shorts, the other in a loincloth and shackles.
—Michelle Aslam, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2023
Clad in a leopard-print loincloth, the fellow roamed his 2D world, searching for food and clobbering dinosaurs with a hefty wooden club.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2023
George wears a loincloth.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 6 Dec. 2022
Longreads, 16 Jan. 2024
The Sewer Boys — as well as their parents, who appear in the movie’s climax — are all anatomically endowed underneath their loincloths and ratty T-shirts.
—Vulture, 24 Oct. 2023
The statue features a godlike Lincoln astride a kneeling, formerly enslaved man in a loincloth — his servile gratitude could not be more apparent.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
And while their visual imagery is usually masculine — loincloth and all — there are plenty of female oni, some of whom are enchantresses born out of feelings of jealousy, vengeance and shame.
—Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2023
Simple clothes hang loose, such as capes, cloaks or loincloths.
—Ian Gilligan, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023
Each depicts a Black man, one in shorts, the other in a loincloth and shackles.
—Michelle Aslam, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2023
Clad in a leopard-print loincloth, the fellow roamed his 2D world, searching for food and clobbering dinosaurs with a hefty wooden club.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2023
George wears a loincloth.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 6 Dec. 2022
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loincloth
noun
loin·cloth
-ˌklȯth
: a cloth worn as a garment about the loins
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