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barong tagalog, n.

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Inflections:   Plural barong tagalog, barong tagalogs, barongs tagalog.
Origin: A borrowing from Tagalog. Etymon: Tagalog barong tagalog.
Etymology: < Tagalog barong tagalog < baro   traditional shirt + -ng  , connective + tagalog  Tagalog adj.  
 
Compare baro't saya n.
Philippine English.
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  A lightweight, embroidered shirt for men, worn untucked and traditionally made of piña or a similar vegetable fibre.

1924   tr. B. Rodriguez in E. Quirino & V. M. Hilario Thinking for Ourselves ii. 69   These lines may be read over with a sardonic smile by a person..who thinks that I am advocating the proscription of everything American in order that the barong tagalog may be adopted.
1979   P. Driscoll Pangolin xiii. 105   He was casually dressed in..an embroidered cream barong tagalog, the loose fitting traditional shirt improbably made of pineapple fibre.
2006   Washington Post (Nexis) 11 June (Style section) d1   Vienna cardiologist Jun Quion..was at last night's gala. Wearing a barong tagalog, of course.

1924—2006(Hide quotations)

 

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    This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015).