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Word: tonga (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...North American women-with the obvious exceptions of blacks and those of Latino descent-have really no use for the Tonga, or String [July 1]. They are generally well-endowed, but they most certainly lack the proper posteriors for this look. I suggest to the rest of North American females to refrain from showing their meager rears and concentrate on what they can more successfully exhibit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 22, 1974 | 7/22/1974 | See Source »

...String? It started out on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro (see color pages opposite). Brazil's puritanical military regime had prosecuted a girl from Ipanema who went topless, and then permanently prohibited mammary nudity. Undaunted, the girls of Rio invented the String-known in Brazil as the Tonga-which is derived from an ancient Indian loincloth and consists of two minuscule triangles of cloth joined by a cord over either hip. The Tanga is a huge hit with Rio girl watchers because it bares a large part of the derriere-Brazilian males tend to be nádega...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The String Look | 7/1/1974 | See Source »

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