Purdah
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A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and whitestripes, used for curtains. McElrath.
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Typically of women, the practice of being hidden away or constrained from society. Either self-imposed, or by society (as in several Muslim states).
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One of many Irish words for Potato.
Possibly coined from the Irish word for the delicious wee boyos, Práta -
The practice in certain Muslim and Hindu societies of screening women from men or strangers, especially by means of a curtain.
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