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hakurea

1. (noun) lazy person.

Kāore te hakurea rā e tunu kai māna anō, ka haere kē ki tō tētahi atu kai ai (PK 2008:70). / That lazy person will not cook food for herself, but goes instead to someone else's to eat.

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Synonyms: pirorehe, inukorokoro

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