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Word: needlemen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1928-1928
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...date King Amanullah of Afghanistan, they were assisted into pants, buttoned into shirts, tied with cravats and hustled into coats. All these garments, cut after modes observed by King Amanullah on his recent tour of Europe (TIME, Jan. 23 to June 4), had been made by Afghan needlemen from native approximations to suitings and shirtings. Remained only the titanic project of clipping, shaving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFGHANISTAN: Patriarchs in Pants | 9/10/1928 | See Source »

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