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Meanings of toga in English

A costume worn on formal occasions by the faculty or students of a university or college.

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Examples for "academic costume"
Examples for "academic costume"
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The general rule in the choise of gowns are laid down by the Intercollegiate Code of Academic Costume.
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Usage of toga in English
1
But a party cannot afford to hide its face in its toga.
Phineas Redux
2
Christians use the stole as the last vestige of the Roman toga.
Witch School's First Degree
3
He threw down his Marcus Aurelius and threw off his gunny-sack toga.
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His Technicolor launch, coupled with the toga, was not a pretty sight.
On Edge
5
Their clothing consisted of a loose gown not unlike a Roman toga.
Across Unknown South America
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He wore a copper toga robe held in by an ebony belt.
The evolutionary void
7
Camillus shed his toga with relief, and a slave took it away.
Venus In Copper
8
Aulus responded by glancing down and rearranging the folds of his toga.
Celtic fire
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His fingers worried the purple stripe on the edge of his toga.
Celtic fire
10
This is a toga I wear when I teach them Roman numerals.
Table for five
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The belt of his toga robe began to tighten round his belly.
The Reality Dysfunction
12
Hast thou not a knife there under the folds of thy toga?
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero
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The dark hazy tendrils exuded by Marius's toga suit swirled in agitation.
The evolutionary void
14
There were knife holes and old blood stains on the toga's front.
The unnatural inquirer
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In public, members of the nobility wore the toga and carried no weapons.
The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
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The white toga and the picturesque red turban are prominent in these resemblances.
My Native Land / The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, a...
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United Kingdom
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