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
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 Frederick O'Brien
As we approached them we were met by a sturdy Taaoan, bare save for the pareu and handsomely tattooed.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien
Mr. Pottle's eyes fell on his own scarlet pareu and the brownish legs beneath it.
From The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales by Richard Connell
He wore only a pareu, and was tattooed from toenails to hair-roots.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien
