maro
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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About six or eight inches square of the maro was unornamented, there being no feathers upon that space, except a few that had been sent by Waheiadooa, as already mentioned.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Robert Kerr
With the exception of the individual already referred to, in the gay tiputa, they wore nothing but the maro, and were armed with long spears.
From The Island Home by Dalziel
It is at this part of the morai also that they first invest their kings with the maro.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Robert Kerr
Nothing would serve him but to carry it ashore on this occasion, and to give it to Waheiadooa, to be by him forwarded to Otoo, in order to its being added to the royal maro.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Robert Kerr
They wear no clothing except the maro, and many of them are tattooed, with a variety of figures, over their body.
From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Austin Craig
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