pakapu

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• pakapoo — /pak euh pooh /, n. a Chinese lottery in which the tickets are sheets of paper bearing densely written characters. Also, pakapu. [1910 15; < dial. Chin, equiv. to Chin báige piào lit., white pigeon ticket; cf. Guangdong dial. baahk gáap pigeon,… …   Universalium

• pakapoo — /pækəˈpu/ (say pakuh pooh) noun a type of Chinese lottery using slips of paper with sets of characters written on them. Also, pakapu. {Cantonese, equivalent to Mandarin bái gē piáo, literally, white pigeon ticket; originally a trained white… …  

• pakapoo — /pak euh pooh /, n. a Chinese lottery in which the tickets are sheets of paper bearing densely written characters. Also, pakapu. [1910 15; dial. Chin, equiv. to Chin báige piào lit., white pigeon ticket; cf. Guangdong dial. baahk gáap pigeon, piu …   Useful english dictionary