bandannas

variants or bandanas
plural of bandanna
as in handkerchiefs
a scarf worn on the head she uses her colorful print bandanna to keep the hair out of her eyes

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Recent Examples of bandannas The $10 pack comes with five bandanas, each of which have stretchy elastic at their base for easy wear. Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 20 July 2026 Images from those strikes show miners of varied racial and ethnic backgrounds – white and Black, American- and foreign-born – wearing red bandanas. Catherine Simpson Bueker, The Conversation, 1 July 2026 Each troop has its own set of merchandise, from camp T-shirts and bandannas to wristbands, pins and keychains. Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 June 2026 These types of cooling dog collars use the same principle as the bandanas and headbands worn by athletes and are made from cloth material. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 June 2026 The pajama collection includes button-up tops, pants, shorts, jumpers, bandanas, sleep masks, bedcoats and hair towels. Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026 Likewise, in fashion, bandanas, plaid shirts, prairie skirts, and Western boots have been busy infiltrating our wardrobes. Elle Turner, Glamour, 31 May 2026 This collection, the first celebrity collab for Lee, brings men's and women's clothing, fun bag charms, patchwork denim bags and even adorable pet shirts and bandanas -- over 100 items in total -- to shoppers for accessible prices ranging from $6 to $42. Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 19 May 2026 Even children will have perfectly tied bandanas adorning their necks. Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bandannas
handkerchiefs
Noun
  • That great-grandfather, Gurbachan Singh Maan, had come to Britain in the 1930s as a peddler, walking the lanes of southeast England with a bicycle and an armful of scarves, towels and handkerchiefs.
    Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Some were seen drying their eyes with handkerchiefs in a Reuters live video of the scene.
    Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 July 2026

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