boubou

noun

bou·bou | \ ˈbü-ˌbü

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Definition of boubou

: a long flowing garment worn in parts of Africa

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Wearing his usual white boubou, Diack, 52, settled into a corner table overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. — Tariq Panja, New York Times, "Accused of Corruption on Multiple Continents, and Comfortably Defiant in Senegal," 16 Oct. 2017

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