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
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 O'Brien, Frederick
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
The pareu is no more or less than a large figured blue and white cotton window curtain twisted about the waist, and hanging a little below the bare knees.
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
