Definition of Tamein

1. a garment worn by Burmese women [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tamein

tambourins
tambours
tambreet
tambur
tambura
tamburas
tamburin
tamburins
tamburitza
tamburs
tame
tameable
tameableness
tamed
tamed iodine
tamein (current term)
tameins
tameless
tamelessness
tamely
tameness
tamenesses
tamer
tamers
tames
tamest
tametraline
tamias
tamil
tamin

Literary usage of Tamein

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. In the Shadow of the Pagoda: Sketches of Burmese Life and Character by Edward William Dirom Cuming (1893)
"The working house-dress is a cotton tamein reaching from breast to knee. In the bazaar the lady appears in a silk skirt trailing a few inches on the ground, ..."

2. In the Shadow of the Pagoda: Sketches of Burmese Life and Character by Edward William Dirom Cuming (1897)
"The working house-dress is a cotton tamein reaching from breast to knee. In the bazaar the lady appears in a silk skirt trailing a few inches on the ground, ..."

3. The Chin Hills: A History of the People, Our Dealings with Them, Their by Bertram Sausmarez Carey, Henry Newman Tuck (1896)
"The skirt is an open cloth on the tamein principle, but being more ample does not show the leg as is the case with the Burmese ..."

4. Far Cathay and Farther India by Alexander Buxton MacMahon (1893)
"Fitch, as quoted by Purchas, perhaps gives the best notion of the tamein. ... that the tamein is of ancient origin, ' for it is recorded in Plutarch's ..."

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