Definition of dashiki
: a usually brightly colored loose-fitting pullover garment
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Many fans were thrilled to see actors embrace traditional African clothing — from Daniel Kaluuya in a kanzu (a traditional dress in Uganda) to David Oyelowo’s dashiki.
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Beckeishas slip on the temporary camouflage of black culture like a loose-fitting, swap-meet dashiki.
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Sulu, gho, kera, kalpak, dishdasha and dashiki sound more like crossword puzzlers than words in common parlance.
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On Twitter, people are calling it a cape, but on NBA TV, Isiah Thomas called it a dashiki.
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Hodges wore a dashiki and delivered a handwritten letter to President George H. W. Bush about racial and economic inequality.
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The Epic,’’ too, suggests an early ’70s LP: a picture of Washington in a black dashiki against an interstellar backdrop, saxophone in hand.
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Origin and Etymology of dashiki
modification of Yoruba dàńṣíkí
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First Known Use: circa 1968
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