1820 J. Crawfurd Hist. Indian Archipel. III. ix. v. 423 The wood-cutter..proceeds into the forest, without any other instrument than his parang or cleaver.

1882 H. de Windt On Equator 103 Bakar..and a Malay boatman preceded us with parangs to clear the way of branches before us.

1925 C. Wells Six Years in Malay Jungle vi. 60 It was quite fascinating to see Sahar deftly cutting slices off one end of the husk with his sharp parang.

1967 J. Cleary Long Pursuit iii. 81 They cut branches from the mangroves with a parang they had found in the boat.

2001 Malaysia Gen. News (Nexis) 18 Dec. All six detainees are dangerous criminals who used weapons like knives and parangs to attack their victims while staging robberies.

1962 D. Walcott In Green Night 37 I could bawl in a red-eyed rage For desire turned to regret, Not knowing the truth that I sang At parang and la comette.

1973 F. Charles Crab Tract 26 The grass-hopper strums a parang on a leaf-banjo.

1991 P. Sweeney Virgin Directory World Music 187 Calypso's instrumentation began to adapt under the influence of New Orleans Jazz, acquiring brass sections or guitar, bass and violin that reflected a mixture of parang and American ‘folk’ styles.

2000 N.Y. Times 1 Aug. e3/5 Though Spanish is hardly spoken in Trinidad anymore, parang singers move from house to house, alternating religious and secular songs, explaining their lyrics.