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Word: kanaka (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...does mainland standards like Coin' Out of My Head and latter-day island songs like You'll Never Find Another Kanaka [Native Boy] Like Me. Obligatory at every show is a song called Suck 'em Up, meaning "Bottoms up." When Don moans "Ah ha," the whole house raises $2.50 mai tais and belts along "Suck 'em up." "The more you drink and spend," he quips, "the more chance we get our boy. land back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Entertainers: Trader Ho | 8/25/1967 | See Source »

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