Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman's garment consisting of a piece of rectangular cloth that is tied around the waist and worn as a skirt or tied under the armpits, over the shoulder, or behind the neck and worn as a dress.
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- noun A wraparound garment, worn by men or women, similar to a Malaysian
sarong .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Both men and women wear round their loins a kind of apron, made of coloured stuff, and called a pareo; the women let it fall as low down as their ancles; the men not farther than the calf of the leg.
A Woman's Journey Round the World Ida Pfeiffer 1827
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Is the pareo , or sarong, now deeply unfashionable?
Covering a Multitude of Beach Sins Tina Gaudoin 2011
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But this wasn't just any pareo, you understand, this was from I Pezzi Dipinti www.ipezzidipinti.com , the exclusive New York-based company selling hand-loomed shawls and textiles from South Asia and Italy, with the goal of supporting the artisanal traditions.
Covering a Multitude of Beach Sins Tina Gaudoin 2011
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Recently, while vacationing on Harbour Island in the Bahamas, I visited my friend "chic Al," who was very definitely and very successfully working her pareo.
Covering a Multitude of Beach Sins Tina Gaudoin 2011
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The answer to the question then appears to be that yes, one can still wear a pareo, but it needs to be special, rather than High Street.
Covering a Multitude of Beach Sins Tina Gaudoin 2011
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Later that evening, Al was still wearing her pareo, but this time as a wrap over a strappy silk top.
Covering a Multitude of Beach Sins Tina Gaudoin 2011
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Most of them are stark naked, but for their traditional pareo skirts.
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I'm careful with her sunblock, and I make her wear a gauzy ankle length pareo, skimming the thin straps of her narrow sandals.
Poetry Friday - The Collected Works of Susan Ramsey fusenumber8 2007
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In a typical day, I woke up whenever I wanted and went downstairs in my pareo to eat by the pool.
Island Ease 2006
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Tie an oversize scarf (about forty-five inches wide by fifty or sixty inches long) or pareo around your lower waist (just below your natural waistline) and do a loop square knot tie above the center of one leg. Push the knot lower on your body, forming a subtle angle.
“I Don’t Have a Thing to Wear” Judie Taggart 2003
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