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Word: salivar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...came as a shocking surprise. The mating of East and West has generally worked out well in Pakistan, providing the alien bride 1) adopts Islam, 2) accepts the constraints of Moslem society, e.g., never talks to her husband's male friends, 3) learns to wear a sari or salivar (baggy pants) and kameez (a sort of knee-length blouse. "Dressed like that," sighed a Moslem dowager of her son's sari-clad wife, "how could she be anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ASIA: The Mating of East & West | 9/5/1960 | See Source »

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