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
Words nearby pakapoo
pak,
pak-choi,
pak-choi cabbage,
pakahi,
pakanbaru,
pakapoo,
pakapoo ticket,
pakaraima mountains,
pakeha,
pakeha māori,
paki
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