tiki tour

plural tiki tours · alternative tiki-tour · alternative Tiki tour · alternative Tiki Tour

1. New ZealandA tour that visits the attractions or points of interest in an area.

   The aim was to fly down, run the half, do a quick tiki tour of the company's salmon fishery and then fly home.

   2010, Gareth Brown, Kerre Woodham, Short Fat Chick to Marathon Runner, →ISBN

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   No-one ventured to the Bluff or Toronui, but a van resembling a sardine tin went on a tiki tour of the huge Waipoura kauris.

   1990, Tane: The Journal of the Auckland University Field Club - Volume 32 (1967-90), page 185

   He crossed the street to investigate further. The soldiers looked up at him, with friendly grins and said things like, “Takin' the tiki tour, mate?

   2008, Allan Cole, Lucky in Cyprus, →ISBN

plural Tiki tours

1. alternativeAlternative form of tiki tour.

   “After something to eat and drink we'll all go for a 'Tiki tour' around the farm,” said Steve.

   2013, David B. Caton, The Boy Prophet, →ISBN, page 106

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   This was a Tiki tour, run for the Government Tourist Bureau by Road Services, which is an operation of NZ Government Railways.

   1976, Colin Simpson, Wake Up to New Zealand, page 27

   Liz's vowels have sat in a few places and can still sound like a bit of a Tiki tour in a single sentence.

   2004, Landfall - Issue 207, page 10

plural Tiki Tours

1. alternativeAlternative form of tiki tour.

   After the later start, they decided against more sight seeing in favour of what Pip called, a Tiki Tour of the area, a kiwi term for a compact tour of an area.

   2010, Lynne Scott, Shadows of the Dance, →ISBN, page 144

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   After a while The Laird takes the little ones to bed and Adrian and I share holiday stories. “I went on a two-week Tiki Tour and ended up in Wellington,” he tells me.

   2012, Marina de Nadous, The Celestial Sea: A sacred romance and moral quest, →ISBN

   As my sore throat and other symptoms of a cold disappeared from my system, I fell more at ease to end our long Tiki Tour, which began in Christchurch on December 12, 1981.

   2012, Shelton A. Gunaratne, From Village Boy to Global Citizen: The Travels of a Journalist, →ISBN