Definition of "burkas" [burkas]

• Plural form of burka. (noun)

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• "I can show you pictures of women in burkas carrying sign to kill infidels (from the cartoon protests)."
• "I went through towns that had a formal reality as names on a map, but were little more than rashes of rusted-corrugated-iron and bamboo stalls under canopies of jackfruit trees, teeming with men wearing skirt-like lungis and baseball caps and women in burkas that concealed all but their eyes and noses."
• "A leading member, for instance, implied that parents would have reason for concern if men used to seeing women "completely covered in burkas" saw a teenager in a bikini on the beach."