Shawl (noun)
shaw-l
A piece of fabric worn by women over the shoulders or head or wrapped round a baby.
Early 17th century from Urdu and Persian šāl, probably from Shāliāt, the name of a town in India.
Example sentences
“she wore a shawl draped across her shoulders.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)