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Hauailiki, e like me kana hana mau i ka poe akamai i ka heenalu.
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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Mamua o ka napoo ana o ka la, kauohaia ka poe nana uli o ke Alii, a me na Kilokilo e nana i na ouli o ke ao a me ka moana, i na he hiki i ke
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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Ia manawa, haalele e Poliahu i kona kapa hau, lalau like ae la ka poe noho mauna i ko lakua kapa la, hoi aku la ka hau a kona wahi mau.
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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Ua loaa mua mai ia kakou na buke kula o na ano he nui wale, a he nui no hoi na buke i hoolakoia mai na kakou, e hoike mai ana ia kakou i ka pono a me ka hewa; aka, o ka buke mua nae keia i paiia na ka poe Hawaii nei, ma ke ano hoikeike ma ke Kaao i na mea kahiko a keia lahui kanaka, me ka aua mai hoi mai ka nalowale loa ana'ku o kekahi o na moolelo punihei a lakou.
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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a maluna o na waa ukali o ke Alii, he poe akamai i ke kaeke.
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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Arias with a Twist features costume concepts by Thierry Mugler, costume execution by Chris March, musical arrangements by Elliot Douglass and Jean-Francois Houle, musical production by Jean-Francois Houle, sound design by Greg Duffin, lighting design by Ayumu "poe"
Playbill.com : News 2009
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Entry tags: edgar allan poe, gold bug the, man in black, pit and the pendulum the, strange case of edgar allan poe the, tell-tale heart the, vanishing point
Issue 0.036 z0mbieastronaut 2009
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All the poe-faced moralizing drivel about marriage on this blog makes be want to get a divorce.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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Since I saw “poe” as a stand-alone noun first, based on the way it was used, I thought it might be an acronym for “position of enemy,” as in “a person who mocks his enemy by pretending to hold the same position, exposing its absurdity.”
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And that might mean you – you precious little rational autonomous snowflake, you – doing things that are a bit poe-litical.
URGENT: Have your say on what Lib Dems should do next Alix Mortimer 2010
alexz commented on the word poe
Spotted "gotta be a poe". It seems to be political slang for something.
March 15, 2016
qms commented on the word poe
A poe is someone on the internet who expresses a deliberately extreme position as an instance of Poe's law - a poker-faced parodist in a context where parody is indistinguishable from the real thing.
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March 15, 2016
ruzuzu commented on the word poe
My first thought was poet, my second thought was Edgar Allen, and my third thought was the po-po. I never would have gotten to Poe's law. Thanks again, qms.
March 15, 2016
ruzuzu commented on the word poe
I might have gotten around to Poe Dameron, though.
March 15, 2016
qms commented on the word poe
Well po-po and Poe Dameron are new ones to me, zuzu, so I reciprocate gratitude.
March 16, 2016