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Word: paaina (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...Wailuku, Hawaii, one Peter Paaina caught a small fish, clapped it into his mouth to remove the hook. The fish squirmed, snuggled into his windpipe. Fisherman Paaina coughed, spat, smote himself upon the back, grew red of face . . . purple, choked, died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Cow | 2/14/1927 | See Source »

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