yashmak
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A white yashmak trimmed with gold tissue concealed the lower part of her face.
From The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor by Sax Rohmer
He drew out his pancake phone and stretched it so that it covered both their lower faces, like a double yashmak.
From The Creature from Cleveland Depths by Fritz Leiber
But the woman did not smile; he could see that much through the gauzy yashmak, and her eyes grew grave and her forehead contracted.
From An American Suffragette by Isaac Newton Stevens
Peeping over the balconies may be seen black eyes that gleam above the yashmak or Oriental veil worn by the poorer classes.
From The Critic in the Orient by George Hamlin Fitch
She wore no yashmak, for Selim, though professing the Moslem faith, was somewhat lax in carrying out its articles.
From The Secret Witness by George Gibbs
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