pakapoo

or pak·a·pu

[ pak-uh-poo ]

noun

1. a Chinese lottery in which the tickets are sheets of paper bearing densely written characters.

pakapoo

/ ˈpækəpuː /

noun

1. a Chinese lottery with betting slips marked with Chinese characters
2. like a pakapoo ticket
   untidy, incomprehensible

Word History and Origins

Origin of pakapoo¹

1910–15; < dialectal Chinese, equivalent to Chinese báigē piào literally, white-pigeon ticket; compare Guangdong dial. baahk-gáap pigeon, piu ticket

Word History and Origins

Origin of pakapoo¹

C19: from Chinese