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kōura

1. (loan) (noun) gold (Au).

E rua tonu ngā hāora e mahi ana aua koroke, riro rawa ana i a rāua ngā kōura rite ki te £750 pāuna moni! (TWM 14/5/1864:3). / In just two hours work those two fellows had obtained gold equivalent to £750!

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