pakapoo

or pak·a·pu

[ pak-uh-poo ]
/ ˌpæk əˈpu /

noun

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

Origin of pakapoo

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

British Dictionary definitions for pakapoo

pakapoo
/ (ˈpækəpuː) /

noun plural -poos Australian and NZ

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

Word Origin for pakapoo

C19: from Chinese