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hākere

1. (adjective) be stingy, miserly, mean, mingy, niggardly, tight-fisted, ungenerous.

Ko te take tuatoru i kore ai te Māori e tohu taonga he wehi nō te Maori kei kīia ia he hākere, he matapiko, he kaiponu (TP 7/1907:4). / The third reason that the Māori would not accumulate possessions is the fear that they might be said to be stingy, mean and covetous.

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See also kaihākere, porokaihākere

Synonyms: tūmatarau, kaiponu, toharite, kaihākere, matamau, tūtūā, ware, matapiko

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