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   pakapoo

   /pakəˈpuː/

   noun

   • 1. a Chinese form of lottery played with slips of paper marked with columns of characters: Australian, New Zealand "he loses the earnings playing pakapoo"

   Word Origin late 19th century: from Chinese (Cantonese) baahk gáap piu (in an older system of romanization pai ko p'iao), literally ‘white pigeon ticket’, perhaps originally referring to a competition in which a white pigeon was trained to choose the winning ticket.

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • P

     3

   • A

     1

   • K

     5

   • A

     1

   • P

     3

   • O

     1

   • O

     1

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