pareu
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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
The pareu is no more or less than a large figured blue and white cotton window curtain twisted about the waist, and hanging a little below the bare knees.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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
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 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
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