| 单词 | pakapoo ticket |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspakapoo ticket 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. < as lemmas |
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