pakapoo
or pak·a·pu
[ pak-uh-poo ]
noun
a Chinese lottery in which the tickets are sheets of paper bearing densely written characters.
Origin of pakapoo
11910–15; <dialectal Chinese, equivalent to Chinese báigē piào literally, white-pigeon ticket; compare Guangdong dial. baahk-gáap pigeon, piu ticket
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British Dictionary definitions for pakapoo
pakapoo
/ (ˈpækəpuː) /
nounplural -poos Australian and NZ
a Chinese lottery with betting slips marked with Chinese characters
like a pakapoo ticket untidy, incomprehensible
Origin of pakapoo
1C19: from Chinese
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