1. (noun) foul mouth.
He mea tika kia tū he whare whakawā, he whare herehere hoki, ki Waiapu hei pou herenga mō te kauae pākarikari, mō te ngākau totoa (TWMNT 1/12/1874:297). / It is proper to erect a courthouse, and also a gaol, at Waiapu as a post to which the foul mouth and incorrigible may be fastened.
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