Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In New Zealand, a mat worn as a protection from the rain by the Maoris.
- A dialectal variant of
peak , peek.
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Examples
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We had local jokes ... like that 'pake' (Chinese) guy or the 'yobo' (Korean) who did this or that.
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"I will have no half-pake daughter-in-law," his mother often reiterated to Ah Kim, pake being the Hawaiian word for Chinese.
THE TEARS OF AH KIM 2010
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As for you, Ah Kim, you shall always be honourable and lovable for me, and some day, when it is not necessary for you to take me by the ear, I shall marry you and come here and be with you always, and you will be the happiest pake in all Hawaii; for I have had two husbands, and gone to high school, and am most wise in making a husband happy.
THE TEARS OF AH KIM 2010
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Wonder what I could have done if I had used a whole pake of bubble gum
Beat 360° 9/22/09 2009
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But his father beat him harder than ever when he became a missionary pake.
THE TEARS OF AH KIM 2010
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All pake must my daughter-in-law be, even as you, my son, and as
THE TEARS OF AH KIM 2010
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From the day after tomorrow (1st of October 2008) docomo introduce their “pake-hodai double” flat-rate packet charge.
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Heads-up for docomo users: pake-hodai double | 世論 What Japan Thinks
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His choice is the twice-widowed Li Faa, "the Silvery Moon Blossom," a woman Kim's mother violently objects to as half pake (Chinese) who wears corsets and skirts instead of trousers and who is shameless and impudent.
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Gadis pake kacamata dua jam atau tiga jam lima jam halo aku menatapmu seringkali dua kali tiga kali kau masih sembunyi dua kali tiga kali lima kali gadis pake kacamata olala
Gadis pake kacamata Carlford 2009
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