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moocha

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Etymology

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From Zulu unmutsha.

Noun

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moocha (plural moochas)

  1. A loincloth made from animals' tails or strips of skin; part of the traditional dress of Zulu males.
    • 1885, H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines, Cassel and Company, published 1907, page 48:
      Umbopa did so, at the same time slipping off the long military great coat which he wore, and revealing himself naked except for the moocha round his centre and a necklace of lions' claws.
    • 1908, Douglas Blackburn, Leaven: A Black and White Story:
      Bacheta took from his moocha a thick wooden peg that was a pin holding the moocha round his loins.

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