subs. (common).—Orig. a silk handkerchief with white, yellow, or other coloured spots on a dark ground. Also (loosely) a handkerchief of any kind: see WIPE.

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  1752.  J. LONG, Bengal (1870), I., 31. Plain taffaties, ordinary BANDANNOES, and chappas.

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  1824.  Annual Register, 140. 2. BANDANA handkerchiefs.

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  1843.  CARLYLE, Past and Present (1858), 285. Beautiful BANDANNA webs.

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  1855.  THACKERAY, The Newcomes, iv. The Colonel was striding about the room … puffing his cigar fiercely anon, and then waving his yellow BANDANNA.

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  1875.  I. L. BIRD, Six Months among the … Sandwich Islands, 134. Many had tied BANDANAS in a graceful knot over the left shoulder.

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