Definitions
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- adjective New Zealand
Broken , not working.
Etymologies
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From Maori pakaru ("broken")
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Examples
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To break or damage in a grinding sort of way is to graunch, a word tending to replace puckeroo, I think.
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` alcoholic drink '(literally ` stinking water'), puku ` belly, 'and puckeroo ` break, damage' (Maori pakaru).
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