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whare kanikani

1. (noun) dance hall.

I te kauwhau a tētahi minita Pākehā o Tūranga nei mō te Haerenga Tuarua mai o te Karaiti i mea ia e kore rawa ia i pai kia rokohanga mai ia e te Karaiti i roto i te tiata, i roto rānei i te whare kanikani, i te papa reihi hōiho rānei (TP 8/1904:10). / In a sermon by a Pākehā minister from Gisborne about the Second Coming of Christ, he said that he would never like to be found by Christ in a theatre, in a dance hall or at the race course.

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