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  • Anapuni and I were only commoners, as were all of us kanakas and wahines who were at the drinking with the common sailors and whaleship men from before the mast.

    THE BONES OF KAHEKILI 2010

  • Postal, of course; these wahines definitely belong with the other lovelies from my mailbox, instead of being hidden amongst random postcards from New Jersey.

    Girls Go Postal! | Three Wahines 2009

  • The kanakas and wahines of the drinking were gone.

    THE BONES OF KAHEKILI 2010

  • His Hawaiian shirt sported nude wahines and moonbeams on a purple background.

    IOM 46-100 with comments Miss Snark 2005

  • I want to be with all the kanes and wahines that I knew long ago.

    My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii 1998

  • But he preferred big broads, anyway, not the dark little wahines.

    Moonwar Bova, Ben, 1932- 1997

  • "I'm older than those two wahines you took to your room this afternoon, both of them added together."

    Empire Builders Bova, Ben 1993

  • The personnel were four kanakas and two wahines, who were not overworked.

    There Will Be Time Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1972

  • The personnel were four kanakas and two wahines, who were not overworked.

    Two in Time Anderson, Poul 1970

  • The kanakas and wahines of the drinking were gone.

    The Bones of Kahekili 1919

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