pakapoo

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noun

A Chinese lottery game popular in Oceania in the 19th century, involving tickets marked with rows of Chinese characters.

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Meanings

nounpakapoo (uncountable)

alternative pak-a-pu · alternative pak-ah-pu · alternative pak kop piu · alternative pak hop piu

  1. uncountableA Chinese lottery game popular in Oceania in the 19th century, involving tickets marked with rows of Chinese characters.

    He can feel the cloud coming down: eight hundred owed to Charlie, another hundred to the Chinaman who runs a pakapoo game alongside the apples and bananas.

    2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 63

Origin

From Cantonese, perhaps 白鴿票／白鸽票 (baak6 gaap3-2 biu1).

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APA

pakapoo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pakapoo

MLA

“pakapoo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pakapoo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pakapoo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pakapoo.

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