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

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

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 O'Brien, Frederick

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 Connell, Richard

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