peaka peow
peaka peow noun: a gambling game, originally Chinese, in which bets are laid on secretly selected numbers.
Noun
peaka peow (uncountable)
- A gambling game, originally Chinese, in which bets are laid on secretly selected numbers.
- 'And curiously enough,' M's voice was softer and quieter, 'a twenty-dollar bill which one of these casual negroes had paid for a gold coin and whose number he had noted for Peaka Peow, the Numbers game, was paid out by one of Mr. Big's lieutenants.'1954, Ian Fleming, “Interview with M”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 17
Origin of peaka peow
From a source cognate with pakapoo (from Cantonese 白鴿票 /白鸽票 (baak6 gaap3-2 biu1)).
Questions about peaka peow
- What does peaka peow mean?
- Peaka peow means a gambling game, originally Chinese, in which bets are laid on secretly selected numbers.
- What part of speech is peaka peow?
- Peaka peow is a noun.
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