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serape

[suh-rah-pee] / səˈrɑ pi /


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Her house was very small but cheery and cozy, with crochet, flannel and serape coverings on the furniture and bright lemon-yellow cabinets in the kitchen.

From New York Times Jan. 26, 2023

It’s an astounding mountain of Cubist structure cobbled together from the revolution-minded iconography of a serape, sombrero, straw mats and peasant gourds all anchored by the vertical slash of Emiliano Zapata’s rifle.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 9, 2016

Olson, who’d previously taught at Harvard, ran the college in its final years and frequently strode through campus bare chested, wearing a woolen serape.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 6, 2015

But you have certainly seen pictures of Audrey Hepburn in that outfit – a uniform as iconic as Clint Eastwood's serape or The Terminator's leather jacket.

From The Guardian Jan. 20, 2011

The guard wore a serape and a rusted miner’s helmet, and smoked a long-stemmed pipe.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

He made serapes and scarfs, shawls and blankets.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2021

They wore brightly colored serapes and headdresses festooned with little balls, and they were laughing and singing and playing tambourines and flutes, and grabbing onto his legs.

From The New Yorker Sep. 24, 2018

Colorful serapes warm the beds, and mimbre baskets from a Native American reservation provide light.

From Washington Post May 16, 2018

There are Pedro figurines in all sizes, a huge inventory of ceramics, hundreds of hats, and tables of colorful blankets called serapes.

From Washington Times Jul. 15, 2017

Walking on campus one day with my mother and father, I reEshed the surprised look on their faces when they saw some Hispanic students wearing serapes pass by.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez




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