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
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All were garlanded with gold and crimson and orange flowers, while each wore about the hips a scarlet pareu.
From The Cruise of the Snark by London, Jack
When at home he wore only a pareu, but he would put on trousers when he went out.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick
He wore only a pareu, and was tattooed from toenails to hair-roots.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick
Wrapped only in a gorgeous red pareu, I sat on the paepae of the chief's house, now become mine.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick