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plural pareos
A wraparound garment, worn by men or women, similar to a Malaysian sarong. quotations examples
“ […] you must have seen pictures of her. He painted her over and over again, sometimes with a pareo on and sometimes with nothing at all. Yes, she was pretty enough. […] ”
1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter 51, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […]
“Then Sue lifted his passkey as he turned to go back to the office.” […] “I was the misdirection,” Narlene blurted. “I sort of let my pareo slip off of my shoulder at just the right time.”
2007, Ronnie Blackwell, Spite, page 154