lavalava

Definitions

An everyday item of clothing traditionally worn by Polynesians and other Oceanic peoples, consisting of a single rectangular cloth worn as a skirt, secured around the waist by an overhand knotting of the upper corners.

Equivalents

Examples

“Some tourists buy⟳ Samoan identity merchandise as novelties, but most prefer⟳ sloganless items such as printed lavalavas.”

“The guy she went out with was named Ziki Fuapopo, and the story she told involved his mother, a pile of cocaine, and a group of men dressed in lavalavas.”

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