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Question
What did the bakers wear: (i) in the Portuguese days? (ii) when the author was young?
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Solution
- In the Portuguese days, the bakers had a peculiar dress known as the kabai. It was a single-piece long frock reaching down to the knees.
- When the author was young, he saw the bakers wearing shirts and trousers that were shorter than full-length trousers and longer than half-pants.
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