kahuna
(in Hawaii) a Native medicine man or priest.
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Big kahuna Burger is a fictional chain of Hawaiian-themed fast food burger joints out in Los Angeles dreamed up by Tarantino.
The Secrets of ‘Pulp Fiction’: 20 Things You Didn’t Know About the Movie on Its 20th Anniversary | Marlow Stern | October 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat Tarantino never opened a real-life Big kahuna Burger out in L.A. seems like a huge missed opportunity.
The Secrets of ‘Pulp Fiction’: 20 Things You Didn’t Know About the Movie on Its 20th Anniversary | Marlow Stern | October 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhich brings us to The Expendables 3—the big kahuna of boarding.
Why ‘Boarding’ Is Ruining Movies: Padding Blockbusters With A-List Cameos | Marlow Stern | August 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNBCC president John Freeman made the introduction: “And now to announce the big kahuna…” The crowd hissed.
When a Kanaka has endured an injury he hires a kahuna to pray his enemy to death.
Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate | Charles M. Skinner
The kahuna tells him that his conduct has displeased some god or goddess and that he must die.
Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate | Charles M. SkinnerThe sacerdotal order had its origin in Paao, whose descendants have always been regarded as the kahuna maoli.
Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands | Charles NordhoffThe Kahunaanaana and the Kahunalapaau have never been considered as belonging to the high caste of kahuna maoli.
Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands | Charles NordhoffThe many known examples of their criminal use inclines us to believe that these kahuna were rather poisoners than magicians.
Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands | Charles Nordhoff
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