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
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
At last, wrapping a pareu about me, I went down my trail to the valley road.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
