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pareu

[pahr-ay-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

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

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

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

Lloyd’s costume, in which he looks remarkably well, consists of a striped flannel shirt and a pareu.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson


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