kaipaoke

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1. (verb) to bludge, scrounge, sponge off, live on the generosity of one's friends.

I kaipaoke a ia i ōna hoa me ngā whanaunga (Ng 1993:415). / He scrounged from his friends and relations.

2. (noun) bludger, scrounger, cadger - a person who lives on the generosity of one's friends.

Ka patipatihia te wahine e te kaipaoke he moni māna. / The scrounger wheedled some money from the woman.

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