pareu
Example Sentences
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Wearing a varihued. skirtlike Tahitian pareu that he fancies, Bragg spent a happy hour emitting Tarzan yells and swinging from branch to branch.
From Time Magazine Archive
He wore only a pareu, and was tattooed from toenails to hair-roots.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick
Lloyd’s costume, in which he looks remarkably well, consists of a striped flannel shirt and a pareu.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
He came before his judge elegantly dressed, for, besides a red pareu about his middle, he wore a pink silk shawl over his shoulders.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick
Her scarlet pareu and necklace of red peppers added color to a picture that struck me at once as bizarre and memorable.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick
