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   pakapoo

   /pakəˈpuː/

   noun

   • 1. a Chinese form of lottery played with slips of paper marked with columns of characters: Australian, New Zealand "he loses the earnings playing pakapoo"

   Word Origin late 19th century: from Chinese (Cantonese) baahk gáap piu (in an older system of romanization pai ko p'iao), literally ‘white pigeon ticket’, perhaps originally referring to a competition in which a white pigeon was trained to choose the winning ticket.

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   Pakapoo (simplified Chinese: 白鸽票; traditional Chinese: 白鴿票; sometimes spelt pak-ah-pu) is a Chinese lottery game popular in Oceania in the 19th century, including on the Victorian Goldfields.

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   2 meanings: Australian and New Zealand 1. a Chinese lottery with betting slips marked with Chinese characters 2. → See like a.... Click for more definitions.

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   Pakapoo definition: a Chinese lottery in which the tickets are sheets of paper bearing densely written characters.. See examples of PAKAPOO used in a sentence.

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   pakapoo. Also found in: Idioms, Wikipedia . pakapoo. ( ˈpækəpuː) n, pl -poos. 1. (Gambling, except Cards) a Chinese lottery with betting slips marked with Chinese characters. 2. like a pakapoo ticket untidy; incomprehensible. [C19: from Chinese]

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   There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun pakapoo. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in Australian English and New Zealand English.

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   Pakapoo is a Chinese lottery game popular in Oceania in the 19th Century, including on the goldfields. A pakapoo ticket is bought which contains rows of characters from the Chian Ji Mun. The master ticket is kept hidden and is marked by the organiser of the game.

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   Pakapoo definition: . See examples of PAKAPOO used in a sentence.