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oruoru

1. (noun) second hand, hand-me-down.

Ō mātou nei kākahu, whoianō, nō ngā oruoru. I tērā wā kāre ngā tamariki e whakaaro ake he aha ō rātou e mau ana (TWK 47:6). / However, our clothes were second hand. At that time children weren't concerned about what they were wearing.

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