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

He wore only a pareu, and was tattooed from toenails to hair-roots.

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

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)

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 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