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
Beneath it they wore a pareu, which passed twice around the waist and hung to the calves of the legs.
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
I made a tourniquet of a strip of my pareu and, with a small harpoon, 30 twisted it until the flow of blood was stopped.
From Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year by Hartwell, E. C. (Ernest Clark)
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
