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
I made a tourniquet of a strip of my pareu and, with a small harpoon, twisted it until the flow of blood was stopped.
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
A figure of wretchedness she was, bent almost double, her withered, decrepit limbs clad in a ragged pareu and her lean arms clutching the stick that bore her weight.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
