pakapoon.

Brit.

/pakəˈpuː/,

/ˈpakəpuː/, U.S.

/ˌpækəˈpu/, Australian English

/pækəˈpuː/, New Zealand English

/pɛkəˈpuː/

Forms: 1800s– pak-ah-pu, 1800s– pakapu, 1900s– pac-a-poo, 1900s– pack-a-poo, 1900s– packapoo, 1900s– pai kop piu, 1900s– p'ai kop piu, 1900s– pak-a-peu, 1900s– pak-a-poo, 1900s– pakapoo, 1900s– pak-a-pu, 1900s– peak-a-peow, 1900s– puckapoo, 1900s– puck-a-pu, 1900s– puk a pu, 1900s– puka pu.

Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymon: Chinese baahk gáap piu.

Etymology: < Chinese (Cantonese)baahk gáap piu white pigeon ticket (Meyer-Wempe transcription paâk káap p'iu) < baahk white + gáap pigeon, dove + p'iu ticket, perhaps originally referring to a Cantonese competition in which a white pigeon was trained to choose the winning ticket.

Chiefly Australian and New Zealand.

A Chinese form of lottery involving the marking of a number of characters on a ticket.Recorded earliest in pakapoo ticket n. at Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > other games of chance > [noun]

even or odd1538

love1585

Jack-in-the-box?1593

under-hat1629

pluck-penny1643

morra1659

catch-dolt1674

shuffle-cap1712

fair chance1723

E O1751

teetotum1753

rondo1821

cut-throat1823

hop-my-fool1824

odds and evens1841

spin-'em-round1851

halfpenny under the hat1853

racehorses1853

fan-tan1878

tan1883

pakapoo1886

legality1888

petits chevaux1891

pai gow1906

boule1911

put and take1921

1886 F. J. Steel Miscarriage of Justice 13 There is no pretence to any sort of trade except in pak-ah-pu tickets.

1913 Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 155/1 All kinds of games of chance—‘two up’, ‘pak-a-pu’ (the latter a form of lottery imported by the Chinese).

1923 Daily Mail 12 Feb. 7 Five Chinese pleaded guilty at Liverpool Assizes to charges of running a gaming house... For the defence it was argued that Pak-a-Peu (or Puck-a-pu) was a game of skill.

1958 F. B. Vickers Mirage (ed. 2) 78 The silk turns out to be an old pair of Mrs Gordon's knickers, which the old man has won from Tugara when playing pac-a-poo.

1970 S. M. Lyman Asian in West vi. 58 In basements below the street level or in rooms high above the colorfully-lit avenue, old men gather round small tables to gamble at f'an t'an, p'ai kop piu, or other games of chance.

2003 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 26 Mar. 5 Pakapoo..was similar to modern-day Lotto or Keno, but with better odds. The game, along with other Chinese games of chance, was illegal between 1881 and 1977.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

ΚΠ

1903 Truth (Sydney) 22 Feb. 6/2 A gambling den at 48 Campbell-street, Haymarket—one of the most important pak-a-pu banks of the celestial sub-city.

1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Passport to Hell i. 10 Chinese grocery-shops, masonic clubs, and pakapoo saloons.

2001 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 6 Sept. 4 More on the pak-a-pu lottery—Gordon Hewitt reports that in Innisfail the Pak-a-pu man went door-to-door selling tickets.

C2.

pakapoo ticket n. (a) a ticket used in a pakapoo game; (b) Australian colloquial (in similative and figurative uses as) the type of something difficult to decipher, densely inscribed, complex, confusing, or untidy.

ΚΠ

1886*Pak-ah-pu ticket [see main sense].

1911 L. Stone Jonah ix. 92 He had come down early to mark a pak-ah-pu ticket at the Chinaman's in Hay Street.

1951 E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves (1952) ix. 89 Henry opened Dooley's pay-book, the pages of which showed liberal sprinklings of the red ink with which fines and convictions were entered. ‘What a pay-book!’ he sighed. Dooley grinned. ‘Like a pak-a-poo ticket,’ he agreed.

1975 Bulletin (Sydney) 29 Nov. 17/1 Senate elections, because of the complexity of the system..are more in the nature of a pack-a-poo ticket.

2001 Dominion (Wellington) (Nexis) 22 Sept. 3 Players marked characters on a pakapoo ticket with a brush dipped in ink, and a copy was made and kept by the agent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pakapoo
释义	pakapoon. Brit. /pakəˈpuː/, /ˈpakəpuː/, U.S. /ˌpækəˈpu/, Australian English /pækəˈpuː/, New Zealand English /pɛkəˈpuː/ Forms: 1800s– pak-ah-pu, 1800s– pakapu, 1900s– pac-a-poo, 1900s– pack-a-poo, 1900s– packapoo, 1900s– pai kop piu, 1900s– p'ai kop piu, 1900s– pak-a-peu, 1900s– pak-a-poo, 1900s– pakapoo, 1900s– pak-a-pu, 1900s– peak-a-peow, 1900s– puckapoo, 1900s– puck-a-pu, 1900s– puk a pu, 1900s– puka pu. Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymon: Chinese baahk gáap piu. Etymology: < Chinese (Cantonese)baahk gáap piu white pigeon ticket (Meyer-Wempe transcription paâk káap p'iu) < baahk white + gáap pigeon, dove + p'iu ticket, perhaps originally referring to a Cantonese competition in which a white pigeon was trained to choose the winning ticket. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. A Chinese form of lottery involving the marking of a number of characters on a ticket.Recorded earliest in pakapoo ticket n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > other games of chance > [noun] even or odd1538 love1585 Jack-in-the-box?1593 under-hat1629 pluck-penny1643 morra1659 catch-dolt1674 shuffle-cap1712 fair chance1723 E O1751 teetotum1753 rondo1821 cut-throat1823 hop-my-fool1824 odds and evens1841 spin-'em-round1851 halfpenny under the hat1853 racehorses1853 fan-tan1878 tan1883 pakapoo1886 legality1888 petits chevaux1891 pai gow1906 boule1911 put and take1921 1886 F. J. Steel Miscarriage of Justice 13 There is no pretence to any sort of trade except in pak-ah-pu tickets. 1913 Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 155/1 All kinds of games of chance—‘two up’, ‘pak-a-pu’ (the latter a form of lottery imported by the Chinese). 1923 Daily Mail 12 Feb. 7 Five Chinese pleaded guilty at Liverpool Assizes to charges of running a gaming house... For the defence it was argued that Pak-a-Peu (or Puck-a-pu) was a game of skill. 1958 F. B. Vickers Mirage (ed. 2) 78 The silk turns out to be an old pair of Mrs Gordon's knickers, which the old man has won from Tugara when playing pac-a-poo. 1970 S. M. Lyman Asian in West vi. 58 In basements below the street level or in rooms high above the colorfully-lit avenue, old men gather round small tables to gamble at f'an t'an, p'ai kop piu, or other games of chance. 2003 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 26 Mar. 5 Pakapoo..was similar to modern-day Lotto or Keno, but with better odds. The game, along with other Chinese games of chance, was illegal between 1881 and 1977. Compounds C1. General attributive. ΚΠ 1903 Truth (Sydney) 22 Feb. 6/2 A gambling den at 48 Campbell-street, Haymarket—one of the most important pak-a-pu banks of the celestial sub-city. 1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Passport to Hell i. 10 Chinese grocery-shops, masonic clubs, and pakapoo saloons. 2001 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 6 Sept. 4 More on the pak-a-pu lottery—Gordon Hewitt reports that in Innisfail the Pak-a-pu man went door-to-door selling tickets. C2. pakapoo ticket n. (a) a ticket used in a pakapoo game; (b) Australian colloquial (in similative and figurative uses as) the type of something difficult to decipher, densely inscribed, complex, confusing, or untidy. ΚΠ 1886Pak-ah-pu ticket [see main sense]. 1911 L. Stone Jonah* ix. 92 He had come down early to mark a pak-ah-pu ticket at the Chinaman's in Hay Street. 1951 E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves (1952) ix. 89 Henry opened Dooley's pay-book, the pages of which showed liberal sprinklings of the red ink with which fines and convictions were entered. ‘What a pay-book!’ he sighed. Dooley grinned. ‘Like a pak-a-poo ticket,’ he agreed. 1975 Bulletin (Sydney) 29 Nov. 17/1 Senate elections, because of the complexity of the system..are more in the nature of a pack-a-poo ticket. 2001 Dominion (Wellington) (Nexis) 22 Sept. 3 Players marked characters on a pakapoo ticket with a brush dipped in ink, and a copy was made and kept by the agent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1886
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