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• A large, bright-colored handkerchief with spots or figures. bandana.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

• A kind of silk handkerchief manufactured in India, having a red, blue, or other dark ground, with small white or brightly-coloured spots; a process in calico-printing in which the same effect is obtained on a dark ground by discharging the colour.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.