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pareu

[pahr-ey-oo] / ˈpɑr eɪˌu /
NOUN
loincloth
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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

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 Frederick O'Brien

About his middle he wore a red and yellow pareu, and his naked body was like a small and perfect statue as he handled his tiny craft.

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

Garbed in brilliant yellow pareu, he bore on his shoulders an immense kooka, or basket of cocoanut fiber, filled with quite two hundred pounds of breadfruit.

From White Shadows in the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien




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